absolutist
n. advocate of absolutism, supporter of totalitarianism, one who supports the political principle of absolute power in government | ||||
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Absolutist Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Absolutist
(n.)
One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
(n.)
One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
(n.)
One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
(n.)
One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
| WordNet 2.0 |
absolutist
Noun
1. one who advocates absolutism
(hypernym) disciple, adherent
Adjective
1. pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
(synonym) absolutistic
(pertainym) absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism
Noun
1. one who advocates absolutism
(hypernym) disciple, adherent
Adjective
1. pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
(synonym) absolutistic
(pertainym) absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism
| hEnglish - advanced version |
absolutist
absolutist
\ab"so*lu`tist\ (&?;), n.
1. one who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
2. (metaph.) one who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. w. hamilton.
absolutist
\ab"so*lu`tist\ (&?;), n.
1. one who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
2. (metaph.) one who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. w. hamilton.
Absolutist Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Absolutism
Absolutism can mean:
- Absolute truth, the contention that in a particular domain of thought, all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false
- Absolutism (European history), is a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by any other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites
- Enlightened absolutism, a term used to describe the actions of absolute rulers who were influenced by the Enlightenment (eighteenth and early nineteenth century Europe)
- Moral absolutism, the position that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are good or evil, regardless of the context of the act
- Autocracy (also known as 'political absolutism'), a political theory which argues that one person should hold all power
- Absolute monarchy, a form of government where the monarch has the power to rule their land freely, with no laws or legally-organized direct opposition in force
- a theory of space (see Philosophy of space and time#Absolutism vs. relationalism) holding that space exists absolutely, in contrast to relationalism, which holds that space exists only as relations between objects
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