absolutism
31absolutism — /ˈæbsəlutˌɪzəm/ (say absuhlooht.izuhm) noun 1. the principle or the exercise of absolute power in government. 2. Philosophy the doctrine of an absolute or non relative being. –absolutist, noun –absolutistic, adjective …
32absolutism — n. tyrannical government; principle of autocracy …
33absolutism — /aebsal(y)uwtizam/ In politics, a system of government in which public power is vested in some person or persons, unchecked and uncontrolled by any law, institution, constitutional device, or coordinate body. A government which is run by a… …
34absolutism — /aebsal(y)uwtizam/ In politics, a system of government in which public power is vested in some person or persons, unchecked and uncontrolled by any law, institution, constitutional device, or coordinate body. A government which is run by a… …
35absolutism — The principle of absolute power in the sovereign …
36absolutism — n. the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical or theological matters. Derivatives: absolutist n. & adj …
37Moral absolutism — This article is about moral absolutism as a theory of normative ethics. For moral absolutism as a theory of meta ethics, see Moral universalism. Moral absolutism is an ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, regardless of …
38Enlightened absolutism — the position that in a particular domain of thought, all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false: none is true for some cultures or eras while false for other cultures or eras. These statements are called absolute …
39Moral absolutism — the position that in a particular domain of thought, all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false: none is true for some cultures or eras while false for other cultures or eras. These statements are called absolute …
40Political absolutism — the position that in a particular domain of thought, all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false: none is true for some cultures or eras while false for other cultures or eras. These statements are called absolute …