Absolutism
English
Etymology
absolute
Pronunciation
Noun
Absolutism (plural Absolutisms)- The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
- The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. - Palfrey
- (theology) Doctrine of absolute decrees. - Ash
Thesaurus
Caesarism; Stalinism; absolute monarchy; absolute power; autarchy; authoritarianism; authority; autocracy; benevolent despotism; bond service; bondage; captivity; competence; competency; constituted authority; control; czarism; debt slavery; delegated authority; deprivation of freedom; despotism; dictatorship; disenfranchisement; disfranchisement; divine right; domination; enslavement; enthrallment; faculty; feudalism; feudality; helotism; helotry; indentureship; indirect authority; inherent authority; jus divinum; kaiserism; lawful authority; legal authority; legitimacy; monarchy; one-man rule; one-party rule; paternalism; peonage; power; prerogative; regality; restraint; right; rightful authority; royal prerogative; serfdom; serfhood; servility; servitude; slavery; subjection; subjugation; the say; the say-so; thrall; thralldom; totalitarianism; tyranny; vassalage; vested authority; vicarious authority; villenage