absolutism

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  1. noun A political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler or other authority.
  2. noun A form of government in which all power is vested in a single ruler or other authority.
  3. noun An absolute doctrine, principle, or standard.

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  • A foreigner by birth brought up in the maxims of absolutism, and in his pious enthusiasm a declared enemy of all papists, he was not the man to guard the sanctuary of the German constitution, or to respect the freedom of the Estates. —  The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
  • [6] Octavian was of course not unaware of the advantage that accrued to the ruler through the Oriental theory of absolutism, and furtively accepted all such expressions. —  Vergil
  • The easiest recognized characteristic of absolutism, and all the abuses and corruption it brings in its train, is fear of criticism, and Spain drew her own indictment in the Philippines when she executed Rizal. —  Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot
  • Freed from the strangling toils of religious absolutism, and lacking any powerful feudal nobility or any strong guild tradition, Dudak plunged into a cultural and technological renaissance. —  Piper, H. Beam - First Cycle (v1.0) (html)
  • You want to approach the situation from the perspective of absolutism, which isn't applicable to a liquid reality. —  Lowell Sun Forum
 

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  1. from absolute + -ism, after F. absolutisme = Portuguese absolutismo.
 

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