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