Absolutist
[æbsәlu:tist]
Definition
(noun.) one who advocates absolutism.
(adj.) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism .
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Definition
(n.) One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
(n.) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
(a.) Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
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Examples
- He had stripped the magical prestige from the absolutist monarchy in France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The old absolutist system of government was fast breaking up, and ancient thrones were tottering. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Mason