Definitions for absolutism
Overview of noun absolutism
The noun absolutism has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. absolutism, tyranny, despotism
(dominance through threat of punishment and violence)
2. dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
(a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.))
3. absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism
(the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government)
4. absolutism
(the doctrine of an absolute being)
