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absolutism
noun
(ab-so-lut-ism)
the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
Synonyms:
totalism
,
totalitarianism
,
absolutism
noun
(ab-so-lut-ism)
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Synonyms:
authoritarianism
,
caesarism
,
despotism
,
dictatorship
,
monocracy
, one-man rule,
shogunate
,
stalinism
,
totalitarianism
,
tyranny
,
absolutism
noun
(ab-so-lut-ism)
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
Synonyms:
despotism
,
tyranny
,
absolutism
noun
(ab-so-lut-ism)
the doctrine of an absolute being
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totalitarianism
,
despotism
,
caesarism
,
authoritarianism
,
stalinism
,
tyranny
,
monocracy
,
dictatorship
,
shogunate
,
one-man rule
,
totalism
,
dogmatism
,
statism
,
liberalism
,
monarchism
,
subjectivism
,
relativism
,
rationalism
,
dogma
,
irrationalism
,
fundamentalism
,
literalism
,
obscurantism
,
legalism
,
libertinism
,
moralism
,
historicism
,
ideology
,
scientism
,
libertarianism
,
reformism
,
empiricism
,
deism
,
nihilism
,
exclusivism
,
leftism
,
puritanism
,
conservatism
,
rationality
,
monism
,
sovietism
,
marxism
,
utopianism
,
humanism
,
capitalism
,
orthodoxy
,
universalism
,
morality
,
medievalism
,
zealotry
,
secular humanism
,
unreason
,
majoritarianism
,
clericalism
,
manichaeism
,
messianism
,
immoderation
,
bolshevism
,
particularism
,
utopian socialism
,
royalism
,
reductionism
,
ritualism
,
anthropocentrism
,
westernism
,
nominalism
,
illiberalism
,
heterodoxy
,
supernaturalism
,
platonism
,
positivist
,
denominationalism
,
scholasticism
,
gnosticism
,
determinist
,
metaphysic
,
reification
,
unitarianism
,
sophistries
,
benthamite
,
syncretism
,
irreligion
,
materialist
,
pietists
,
dogmatist
,
pantheist
,
centralism
,
overlordship
,
dirigisme
,
postmodernism
,
dialectic
,
jacobinism
,
demonology
,
fundamentalists
,
absoluteness
,
millennialism
,
doublethink
,
atomism
,
logical positivism
,
judeophobia
,
absolutism
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