Search Result:absolutism
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋæbsәlutˏIzәm 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊæbsәluːtizәm 〕
Overview of noun absolutism
The noun absolutism has 4 senses
- absolutism, tyranny, despotism -- (dominance through threat of punishment and violence)
- 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.))
- absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism -- (the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government)
- absolutism -- (the doctrine of an absolute being)