ABSOLUTISM


Meaning of ABSOLUTISM in English

ˈabsəˌlüˌtizəm, -əlˌyü-, -üd.ˌiz- noun

( -s )

1. : the doctrine of what is absolute, unconditional, or independent:

a. : the doctrine of God's absolute sovereignty especially as exhibited in predestination

b. : the political doctrine or practice of unlimited power and absolute sovereignty vested especially in a monarch, dictator, or oligarchy

c. : a philosophy of an axiological or metaphysical absolute

2. : absoluteness , positiveness

an absolutism of pure aestheticism is artistic and spiritual death — R.W.Stallman

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