| 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. |
absolutism (ˈæbsəluːˌtɪzəm) ![]() | |
| —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 | |