absolutism

English

Etymology

absolute +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæbsəluːtɪzəm/

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Noun

absolutism (plural absolutisms)

1. The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

   • The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. - Palfrey

2. (theology) Doctrine of absolute decrees. - Ash

Translations

The state of being absolute

Croatian: apsolutizam (hr) m. French: absolutisme (1) Norwegian: Bokmål: absolutisme (no) m. Nynorsk: absolutisme (nn) m.

Polish: absolutyzm (pl) m. Romanian: absolutism (ro) n. Russian: абсолютизм (ru) (absoljutízm) m.

External links

• absolutism at OneLook Dictionary Search
• absolutism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Romanian

Noun

absolutism n.

1. absolutism

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Swedish

Etymology

absolut +‎ -ism

Noun

absolutism c. (uncountable)

1. absolute monarchy (as a form of government), dictatorship
2. the principle of abstaining from alcohol

Declension

Declension of absolutism

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	absolutism	absolutismen
genitive	absolutisms	absolutismens

See also

• nykterhet
• nykterism
• absolutist

References

• absolutism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)