absolutism
pronunciation
How to pronounce absolutism in British English:
UK [ˈæbsəlu:tɪzəm]
How to pronounce absolutism in American English:
US [ˈæbsəˌluˌtɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
- the doctrine of an absolute being
Word Origin
- absolutism (n.)
- 1753 in theology; 1830 in politics, in which sense it was first used by British reformer and parliamentarian Maj. Gen. Thomas Perronet Thompson (1783-1869). See absolute and -ism.
Example
- 1. They are saying , with varying degrees of absolutism , that animals should not be exploited at all .
- 2. Although unification of Qin symbolized establishment of a new political order , but construction of absolutism was far from finishing .
- 3. the relativity and absolutism of judicial justice discussed .
- 4. One would have thought her not only a monarchist , but a believer in absolutism of the old Czarist type .
- 5. Meanwhile , the French monarchy also consciously used games as a tool for preaching absolutism ideology and controlling the subjects .