absolutism
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Is absolutism a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.countableuncountable
2. (political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.Examples: "The element of absolutism and prelacy was more controlling in the counsels of the rival corporation."; "As absolutism became more consolidated in Europe, and particularly in France, such nonabsolutist states tended to define themselves in opposition to their absolutist rivals: hence, those features of their government which differed from absolutism tended to be given special prominence."countableuncountable
3. (philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.countableuncountable
4. (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.Examples: "It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him."countablerareuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary