n. | 1. | The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. |
2. | (Theol.) Doctrine of absolute decrees. |
Noun | 1. | absolutism - dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
2. | absolutism - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) Synonyms: dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism | |
3. | absolutism - the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government Synonyms: totalism, totalitarianism | |
4. | absolutism - the doctrine of an absolute being |