Absolutism - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈæbsəluːtɪzəm|
Brit.
|ˈæbsəluːtɪz(ə)m|
noun
- dominance through threat of punishment and violence (syn: despotism, tyranny)
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (syn: authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, totalitarianism, tyranny)
- the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government (syn: totalitarianism)
- the doctrine of an absolute being
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (syn: authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, totalitarianism, tyranny)
- the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government (syn: totalitarianism)
- the doctrine of an absolute being
Extra examples
...concerning absolutism Lord Acton famously observed that “absolute power corrupts absolutely”...
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