sə noun
1.
the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
2.
any theory holding that values, principles, etc., are absolute and not relative, dependent, or changeable.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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absolutism (ˈæbsəluːˌtɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the principle or practice of a political system in which unrestricted power is vested in a monarch, dictator, etc; despotism |
| 2. | philosophy |
| a. Compare relativism any theory which holds that truth or moral or aesthetic value is absolute and universal and not relative to individual or social differences | |
| b. monism See also pluralism the doctrine that reality is unitary and unchanging and that change and diversity are mere illusion | |
| 3. | Christianity an uncompromising form of the doctrine of predestination |
| 'absolutist | |
| —n, —adj | |
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