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Absolutism (Noun)

Meaning 1

Dominance through threat of punishment and violence.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

  • Despotism
  • Tyranny

Hypernyms

  • Ascendence
  • Ascendance
  • Control
  • Ascendency
  • Ascendancy

Related Words

  • Absolutist (noun)

Meaning 2

The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government.

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Synonyms

  • Totalitarianism
  • Totalism

Hypernyms

  • Political Theory
  • Ideology

Related Words

  • Absolutist (noun)
  • Absolutistic (adjective)

Meaning 3

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).

Classification

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.

Synonyms

  • Authoritarianism
  • Totalitarianism
  • Caesarism
  • Shogunate
  • Monocracy
  • Despotism
  • One-man Rule
  • Stalinism
  • Dictatorship
  • Tyranny

Hypernyms

  • Autocracy

Hyponyms

  • Police State

Related Words

  • Absolutist (noun)
  • Absolutistic (adjective)

Meaning 4

The doctrine of an absolute being.

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Hypernyms

  • Philosophy
  • School Of Thought
  • Philosophical System
  • Ism
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