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absolutist
Variant of absolutism
noun
- the doctrine or system of government under which the ruler has unlimited powers; despotism
- the quality of being absolute
- Philos. any doctrine involving the existence of some metaphysical or axiological principle that is absolute, or not relative
Related Forms:
- absolutist noun, adjective
- absolutistic adjective
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