absolutist
pronunciation
How to pronounce absolutist in British English:
UK ['æbsəlu:tɪst]
How to pronounce absolutist in American English:
US ['æbsəlutɪst]
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- Noun:
- one who advocates absolutism
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- Adjective:
- pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
Word Origin
- absolutist (n.)
- 1830, from absolute + -ist. From 1837 as an adjective.
Example
- 1. Governments , both absolutist and republican , deported him from their territories .
- 2. So I fell back on absolutist philosophy .
- 3. Slow gradual fading of the young absolutist .
- 4. These absolutist positions mean that the issue can never be resolved , and in any case domestic political opinion would not allow it .
- 5. In this more liberal interpretation of confucian government , state rule is perhaps not absolutist , but subjected to institutionalised .