Hobbism

(häb′iz′əm)

noun

the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes, who held that a strong government, esp. an absolute monarchy, is needed to control clashing individual interests

See Hobbism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A political theory promulgated by Thomas Hobbes, advocating absolute monarchy as the means of guaranteeing a stable civil society.

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