absolutist

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Etymology

From absolute +‎ -ist after (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French absolutiste.

Pronunciation

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Noun

absolutist (plural absolutists)

  1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
  2. (metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir. W. Hamilton to this entry?)
  3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]

Translations

Adjective

absolutist (comparative more absolutist, superlative most absolutist)

  1. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolutist”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

Romanian

Etymology

From French absolutiste.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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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 absolutistilor

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

Declension

Declension of absolutist 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative absolutist absolutisten absolutister absolutisterna
Genitive absolutists absolutistens absolutisters absolutisternas

See also

Further reading

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