absolutist

See also: Absolutist

English

Alternative forms

• (adjective): absolutistic

Etymology

From absolute +‎ -ist after French absolutiste.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.səˌluː.tɪst/, /ˈæb.səˌljuː.tɪst/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.səˌlu.tɪst/

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Noun

absolutist (plural absolutists)

1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. [from mid 19th c.]
2. (metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute. [from mid 19th c.]
   • 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     the unitarian — whether materialist, idealist, or absolutist

   • 1909, William James, The Meaning of Truth‎^[1]:

     When absolutists reject humanism because they feel it to be untrue, that means that the whole habit of their mental needs is wedded already to a different view of reality, in comparison with which the humanistic world seems but the whim of a few irresponsible youths.

3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute. [from early 20th c.]
   • 2022 December 16, Bernhard Warner, “Musk Faces Growing Anger Over Twitter Ban of Journalists”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The billionaire tech mogul, who has described himself as a free speech absolutist, introduced a new red line this week after he claimed that a car carrying one of his children was accosted by a “crazy stalker.”

Derived terms

• antiabsolutist
• nonabsolutist

 

Translations

one who favors autocratic government

• Bashkir: абсолютист (absolyutist)
• Belarusian: абсалюты́ст m (absaljutýst)
• Catalan: absolutista
• Czech: absolutista m
• Danish: absolutist c
• Dutch: absolutist (nl) m
• Esperanto: absolutisto
• Estonian: absolutist (et)
• Finnish: absolutisti (fi)
• French: absolutiste (fr) m
• Georgian: აბსოლუტისტი (ka) (absoluṭisṭi)
• German: Absolutist (de) m, Absolutistin (de) f
• Greek: απολυτόφρονας m (apolytófronas)
• Ido: absolutisto (io)
• Irish: absalóideach m
• Italian: assolutista (it) m
• Japanese: 絶対主義者 (ぜったいしゅぎしゃ, zettaishugisha)
• Kazakh: абсолютист (absolütist)
• Latvian: absolūtists m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absolutist m

• Occitan: absolutista
• Ossetian: абсолютист (absoljutist)
• Polish: absolutysta (pl) m, absolutystka (pl) f
• Portuguese: absolutista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: absolutist (ro) m, absolutistă (ro) f
• Russian: абсолюти́ст (ru) m (absoljutíst)
• Slovak: absolutista m, absolutistka f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: absolutist m

• Spanish: absolutista (es) m or f
• Swedish: absolutist (sv) c
• Tajik: мутлақиятхоҳ (mutlaqiyatxoh), мутлақиятпараст (mutlaqiyatparast), истибдодпараст (istibdodparast)
• Tatar: абсолютист (absolyutist)
• Ukrainian: абсолюти́ст (uk) m (absoljutýst)
• Uzbek: absolutysta

metaphysics

• German: Absolutist (de) m
• Irish: absalóideach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

• Polish: absolutysta (pl) m, absolutystka (pl) f

Adjective

absolutist (comparative more absolutist, superlative most absolutist)

1. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising. [from mid 19th c.]
   • 1911, H. W. Carless Davis, Medieval Europe‎^[3]:

     The best and the worst features of the communal regime are illustrated in the resistance of the Lombard cities to Frederic Barbarossa, the first Emperor who formulated and applied to Italy a scheme of absolutist government.

Derived terms

• absolutistic
• absolutistical
• absolutistically

Translations

of or pertaining to absolutism

• Catalan: absolutista m or f
• Finnish: absolutistinen
• German: absolutistisch (de)
• Irish: absalóideach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absolutistisk

• Polish: absolutystyczny (pl), autokratyczny (pl), jedynowładczy
• Portuguese: absolutista (pt)
• Romanian: absolutist (ro)
• Spanish: absolutista (es)

References

• “absolutist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “absolutist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Danish

Noun

absolutist c (singular definite absolutisten, plural indefinite absolutister)

1. absolutist

Declension

Declension of absolutist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	absolutist	absolutisten	absolutister	absolutisterne
genitive	absolutists	absolutistens	absolutisters	absolutisternes

Further reading

• “absolutist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Spanish absolutista, because the word was initially used for Spanish absolutists during the Ominous Decade. Equivalent to absoluut +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑp.soː.lyˈtɪst/

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• Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lu‧tist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

absolutist m (plural absolutisten)

1. (politics, historical, political science) absolutist (adherent of the absolute sovereignty of rulers) [from 1820s]
2. (philosophy) absolutist (one believing in metaphysical absolutes)

Derived terms

• absolutistisch

Related terms

• absolutisme
• absoluut

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

absolutt +‎ -ist, first part from Latin absolūtus (“concluded, absolute”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“complete, finish”), from both ab- (“from, off, away from”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from solvō (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”), from both sē- (“apart-, aside-, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ēd, the ablative singular of *s(w)é (“self”) + and from luō (“I untie, set free, separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Last part from French -iste (“-ist, -istic”), from Latin -ista (“-ist; one who practises or believes”), from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), alternative form of -τής (-tḗs), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ (forms nouns representing state of being).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absʊlʉˈtɪst/, /apsʊlʉˈtɪst/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪst
• Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lut‧ist

Noun

absolutist m (definite singular absolutisten, indefinite plural absolutister, definite plural absolutistene)

1. (politics, political science) an absolutist (one who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government)
   • 1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter III, page 43:

     absolutisternes rædselsgjerninger og forfølgelser mod de liberale [i Spania]

     the atrocities of the absolutists and the persecution of the liberals [in Spain]

   • 2004 July 9, Morgenbladet:

     konferansen blir avbrutt av … primitivistiske studenter og religiøse absolutister

     the conference is interrupted by… primitivist students and religious absolutists

Related terms

• absolutisme (“absolutism”)
• absolutistisk (“absolutistic”)
• absolutt (“absolute”)

References

• “absolutist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “absolutist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French absolutiste. By surface analysis, absolut +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.so.luˈtist/

Adjective

absolutist m or n (feminine singular absolutistă, masculine plural absolutiști, feminine and neuter plural absolutiste)

1. absolutist (pertaining to absolutism)

Declension

Declension of absolutist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	absolutist		absolutistă	absolutiști	absolutiste
	definite	absolutistul		absolutista	absolutiștii	absolutistele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	absolutist		absolutiste	absolutiști	absolutiste
	definite	absolutistului		absolutistei	absolutiștilor	absolutistelor

Noun

absolutist m (plural absolutiști, feminine equivalent absolutistă)

1. absolutist (proponent of absolutism)

Declension

Declension of absolutist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) absolutist	absolutistul	(niște) absolutiști	absolutiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) absolutist	absolutistului	(unor) absolutiști	absolutiștilor
vocative	absolutistule		absolutiștilor

Swedish

Etymology

absolut +‎ -ist, since 1825. In the sense of abstinence since 1842.

Noun

absolutist c

1. a teetotaller; a person who completely abstains from alcohol (often out of principle)

   Synonym: helnykterist

2. an absolutist; a supporter of absolutism, despotism, dictatorship

Declension

Declension of absolutist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	absolutist	absolutists
	definite	absolutisten	absolutistens
plural	indefinite	absolutister	absolutisters
	definite	absolutisterna	absolutisternas

Related terms

• absolutistisk

See also

• nykterist

Further reading

• absolutist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)