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absolutisms

absolutisms is the plural of absolutism.

Meaning of absolutism

Noun

absolutism (countable and uncountable, plural absolutisms)

  1. Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
  2. The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.
    • The element of absolutism and prelacy was more controlling in the counsels of the rival corporation.1859, John Gorham Palfrey, chapter IV, in History of New England, volume I, page 217
  3. Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
  4. Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
  5. (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
    • It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him.2003, Ruth R. Wisse, The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language, →ISBN

Phrases with absolutisms

Questions about absolutisms

What is absolutisms the plural of?
Absolutisms is the plural of absolutism.

Words near absolutisms in the dictionary

  1. absolutise
  2. absolutised
  3. absolutises
  4. absolutising
  5. absolutism
  6. absolutisms
  7. absolutist
  8. absolutistic
  9. absolutistically
  10. absolutists
  11. absolutival

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