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1. absolutism
noun. ['ˈæbsəˌluːˌtɪzəm'] the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government.
Rhymes with Absolutism
- abolitionism
- absenteeism
- activism
- adventurism
- adventurism
- agrarianism
- alcoholism
- altruism
- amateurism
- americanism
- anachronism
- aneurism
- anglo-catholicism
- animism
- antagonism
- anthropomorphism
- anti-catholicism
- anti-catholicism
- antidisestablishmentarianism
- aphorism
Sentences with absolutism
1. Noun, singular or mass
One of the strongest aspects of ethical absolutism is its unshakeable confidence in what is morally right or wrong.
Quotes about absolutism
1. According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.
- Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
2. Religion and ethics were not always - or even frequently - mutually compatible. The demands of religious absolutism or fundamentalism or rampaging relativism often deflected the worst aspects of contemporary culture or prejudices rather than a system which both man and God could live under with a sense of real justice.
- Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion
3. absolutism
noun. ['ˈæbsəˌluːˌtɪzəm'] a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
