proabsolutist

ab·so·lut·ism

[ab-suh-loo-tiz-uhm]
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.

Origin:
1745–55

ab·so·lut·ist, noun, adjective
ab·so·lu·tis·tic, adjective
ab·so·lu·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·ab·so·lut·ist, noun
non·ab·so·lu·tis·tic, adjective
non·ab·so·lu·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
pro·ab·so·lut·ism, noun
pro·ab·so·lut·ist, adjective, noun


1. totalitarianism.
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absolutism (ˈæbsəluːˌtɪzəm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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absolutism
1753 in theology; 1830 in politics, in which sense it was first used by British reformer and parliamentarian Maj. Gen. Thomas Perronet Thompson (1783-1869). See absolute and -ism.
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