Absolutism (Noun)
Meaning 1
Dominance through threat of punishment and violence.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 2
The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government.
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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- Authoritarianism
- Totalitarianism
- Caesarism
- Shogunate
- Monocracy
- Despotism
- One-man Rule
- Stalinism
- Dictatorship
- Tyranny
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Meaning 4
The doctrine of an absolute being.
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.