absolutist
IPA: æbsɪɫˈutɪst
noun
- One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
- (metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.
- An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising.
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Examples of "absolutist" in Sentences
- Of course it is an absolutist term.
- But I'm not an absolutist on the subject.
- If it has a Constituition it's not Absolutist.
- There's no basis for such an absolutist approach.
- His rule was absolutist and he was a firm autocrat.
- There is no need to be absolutist in this, by the way.
- Absolutist terminology is generally not helpful for this.
- The absolutist elector also subdued the noble estates of Prussia.
- In other issues Abel showed his absolutist and ultramontane position.
- The absolutist nature of the state was disputed in the Enlightenment period.
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