absolutism

noun

ab·so·lut·ism ˈab-sə-ˌlü-ˌti-zəm How to pronounce absolutism (audio)

: a political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers

: government by an absolute ruler or authority : despotism

: advocacy of a rule by absolute standards or principles

: an absolute standard or principle

absolutist

ˈab-sə-ˌlü-tist How to pronounce absolutism (audio)

noun or adjective

absolutistic

ˌab-sə-(ˌ)lü-ˈti-stik How to pronounce absolutism (audio)

adjective

Example Sentences

concerning absolutism Lord Acton famously observed that “absolute power corrupts absolutely”

Recent Examples on the Web Among other things, the conflation of Christianity and Republican politics fostered by political elites and powerfully felt at the grassroots level is encouraging absolutism on the right.

Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 This absolutism perplexed the polytheistic Japanese.

Hiroko Yoda, The New Yorker, 26 July 2022 Like vaccine skepticism or climate change resistance, Second Amendment absolutism has become a kind of religion for many conservatives, including those on the Supreme Court, and its noxious power is now wafting across our borders.

Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Those victories have come amid the Republican Party’s embrace of Second Amendment absolutism and guns as central to its identity, a fervor that gun control proponents have not been able to match, said Mr. Miller of the Duke firearms law center.

New York Times, 18 June 2022 That might sound like good news to gun reform advocates, who have for decades seen the NRA as the primary driver of gun absolutism in the United States.

Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 30 May 2022 The Democrats' democratic absolutism is largely opportunistic.

W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 13 May 2022 Musk's free speech absolutism, Daniyal says, doesn't make much sense in India because there have not been many curbs on speech on the platform to begin with.

Barbara Ortutay, ajc, 14 May 2022 Musk’s free speech absolutism, Daniyal says, doesn’t make much sense in India because there have not been many curbs on speech on the platform to begin with.

Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2022 See More

单词	absolutism
释义	absolutism noun ab·so·lut·ism ˈab-sə-ˌlü-ˌti-zəm 1 a : a political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers b : government by an absolute ruler or authority : despotism 2 : advocacy of a rule by absolute standards or principles 3 : an absolute standard or principle absolutist ˈab-sə-ˌlü-tist noun or adjective absolutistic ˌab-sə-(ˌ)lü-ˈti-stik adjective Synonyms autarchy authoritarianism autocracy Caesarism czarism tsarism tzarism despotism dictatorship totalism totalitarianism tyranny See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences concerning absolutism Lord Acton famously observed that “absolute power corrupts absolutely” Recent Examples on the Web Among other things, the conflation of Christianity and Republican politics fostered by political elites and powerfully felt at the grassroots level is encouraging absolutism on the right. Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 This absolutism perplexed the polytheistic Japanese. Hiroko Yoda, The New Yorker, 26 July 2022 Like vaccine skepticism or climate change resistance, Second Amendment absolutism has become a kind of religion for many conservatives, including those on the Supreme Court, and its noxious power is now wafting across our borders. Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Those victories have come amid the Republican Party’s embrace of Second Amendment absolutism and guns as central to its identity, a fervor that gun control proponents have not been able to match, said Mr. Miller of the Duke firearms law center. New York Times, 18 June 2022 That might sound like good news to gun reform advocates, who have for decades seen the NRA as the primary driver of gun absolutism in the United States. Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 30 May 2022 The Democrats' democratic absolutism is largely opportunistic. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 13 May 2022 Musk's free speech absolutism, Daniyal says, doesn't make much sense in India because there have not been many curbs on speech on the platform to begin with. Barbara Ortutay, ajc, 14 May 2022 Musk’s free speech absolutism, Daniyal says, doesn’t make much sense in India because there have not been many curbs on speech on the platform to begin with. Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology absolute + -ism (in political sense after French absolutisme) First Known Use 1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1a absolutism noun as in tyranny a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power concerning absolutism Lord Acton famously observed that "absolute power corrupts absolutely" Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance tyranny autocracy fascism authoritarianism dictatorship despotism totalitarianism totalism autarchy monarchy tsarism monarchism tzarism Caesarism czarism Communism monocracy oppression domination Nazism Big Brotherism Big Brother Antonyms & Near Antonyms democracy freedom sovereignty autonomy self-rule self-governance self-government self-determination sovranty See More
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absolutism

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