absolutist
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪst/
- Formal
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absolutista
- Nineteenth-century European workers' struggle to wrest democratic human rights from feudal and absolutist structures empowered them in their battles with employers.
- absolutist monarchy
- absolutist state
- absolutist power
That doesn't mean he's approachable just to anybody in an absolutist state.
- That doesn't mean he's approachable just to anybody in an absolutist state.
- In fact, even in its own terms, the claim of complete continuity would be implausibly absolutist.
- And so when I first saw the invasion of by Russia, I talked about things more in like an absolutist point of view.
Examples
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The philosopher argued against absolutist ideologies, emphasizing the importance of compromise in politics.
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In her speech, she warned against the dangers of adopting an absolutist stance on environmental policies.
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Coming up with cases that challenge the absolutist claim is not difficult.
Academic text (1997) -
The Republican Party will have to drop the absolutist attitudes, or it will fail.
Blog text (5) -
But at the time all the conservatives were defending free speech in this grandiose, absolutist kind of way.
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Americans have little problem mixing pragmatic concerns with absolutist moral language.
Academic text (2002) -
Such humility also predisposes one to be open to experience, not bounded by an absolutist approach to learning.
Academic text (1997) -
But 58 percent of middle-income and 88 percent of low-income countries have authoritarian or absolutist political systems.
Academic text (1992) -
Many dictators are known for their absolutist regimes that suppress dissent and centralize power.
Synonyms
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6.3
Using harsh, unfair power to control people and limit their freedom
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7.9
Using power to treat people cruelly and unfairly
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7.7
Having complete control and expecting people to obey without question
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8.0
A leader who has complete power and does not allow others to disagree
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8.4
A ruler who uses cruel and total power over people
Supporting total power for one person or group without limits
A government led by one person with all the power
Antonyms
How Absolutist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Absolutist comes from absolute, which originally meant 'made free from' limits, or simply 'not limited'. So an absolutist approach in government means power that is 'not limited' by laws or other groups.