Absolutism Definition

ăbsə-lo͝otĭzəm
noun
A political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler or other authority.
American Heritage
The doctrine or system of government under which the ruler has unlimited powers; despotism.
Webster's New World
A form of government in which all power is vested in a single ruler or other authority.
American Heritage
The quality of being absolute.
Webster's New World
An absolute doctrine, principle, or standard.
American Heritage
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Noun

Singular:
absolutism
Plural:
absolutisms

Origin of Absolutism

  • First attested in 1753 (in the theological sense); attested in 1830 in the political sense. From absolute +‎ -ism after French absolutisme.

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Absolutism Sentence Examples

  • This is perhaps the best that can be said of a king who incarnated the stolid absolutism of the period.

  • The Kongelov has the highly dubious honour of being the one written law in the civilized world which fearlessly carries out absolutism to the last consequences.

  • On July 26 1914 Stiirgkh closed Parliament altogether, and non-parliamentary absolutism reigned for three years.

  • A treasonable senate secretly plotting his dethronement, a mutinous diet rejecting the most necessary reforms for fear of "absolutism," ungrateful allies who profited exclusively by his victories - these were his inseparable companions during the remainder of his life.

  • But the great wisdom of Peisistratus is shown most clearly in the skill with which he blinded the people to his absolutism.

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