Look up: absolutism

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   absolutism
   [n] - dominance through threat of punishment and violence 2. [n] - the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government 3. [n] - the doctrine of an absolute being
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   absolutism
   In philosophy, a term that has been used to convey two quite separate and distinct ideas. The first, which is associated with Hegel, refers to the ideal and evolving nature of ultimate reality which...
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   absolutism
   System of government in which the ruler or rulers have unlimited power and are subject to no constitutional safeguards or checks. The principle of an absolute monarch, given a right to rule by God...
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   Absolutism
   Ab'so·lu`tism noun 1. 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. » 2. (Theol.) Doctrine of absolute decrees. Ash.
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   absolutism
   1. 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) ... 2. Doctrine of absolute decrees. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   absolutism
   noun the doctrine of an absolute being
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   absolutism
   tyranny noun dominance through threat of punishment and violence
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   absolutism
   totalism noun the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
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   Absolutism
   The term `Absolutism` may refer to: * Absolute idealism, an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G.W.F. Hegel. It is Hegel's account of how being is ultimately comprehensible as an all-inclusive whole. *Absolute monarchy, a form of government where the monarch has the power to rule their land freely, with no laws or legally-organized direct opposition in force * Absolute space, a theory holding that space exists absolutely, in contras...
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    Absolutism
    • (n.) The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. • (n.) Doctrine of absolute decrees.
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    absolutism
    the political doctrine and practice of unlimited, centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested especially in a monarch or dictator. The ... [31 related articles]
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    absolutism
    
    1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence
    2. the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
    
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    Absolutism
    The opposite of Relativism. Metaphysics: the theory of the Absolute (q.v.). Epistemology: the doctrine that objective or absolute, and not merely relative and human, truth is possible. Axiology: the view that standards of value (moral or aesthetic) are absolute, objective, superhuman, eternal Politics: Cult of unrestricted sovereignty located in ...
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