absolutist
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪst/
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absolutista
- Much of the enormous expense of these wars was borne by the European subjects of the absolutists in continental wars.
Examples
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In the South, Ferdinand reverts to absolutist rule and sends troops to Sicily who stamp out the revolution.
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As a political absolutist, she firmly believed that all power should reside with a single authority.
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You know, it took lots and lots and lots of convincing people to abandon their old ways and eventually accept absolutist state power.
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In making such claims, is the absolutist giving in to relativism?
Academic text (2000) -
I maintain with the absolutists that there are justified uses of violence.
Academic text (2002) -
At least as important in the demise of the system were the absolutists, the total prohibitionists.
Academic text (1998) -
Are you an absolutist or a relativist, ideal or practical in your worldly posture?
Fiction book (1997) -
It was a boon for the absolutists in their campaign for total prohibition.
Academic text (1998) -
The shift from an absolutist to a constitutional monarchy in 1932 was supported by a political-military group that was chiefly Thai and an emergent capitalist group that was largely Chinese.
Academic text (1993) -
The absolutist argued that a strong central government was necessary to maintain order in society.
Synonyms
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8.2
A person who expects people to follow orders and allows little freedom
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8.5
A person who supports a government that controls all parts of life
Antonyms
How Uncompromising
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Absolutist breaks into absolute ('not limited') and the ending -ist ('person who'), like in artist. So an absolutist is a person who supports a ruler or system with power that is 'not limited'.