Absolutist

//ˈæb.səˌluː.tɪst// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
  2. 2
    one who advocates absolutism wordnet
  3. 3
    One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.

    "the unitarian — whether materialist, idealist, or absolutist"

  4. 4
    An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.

    "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.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
absoluteabsolutisticarbitraryaristocraticarrogantauthoritarian

Example

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"Whether it be in Europeanized Turkey, liberal Bahrain, the federalist United Arab Emirates, absolutist Qatar, historical Jordan, oil-dependent Oman, in all of these places the belief prevails that only opening up to the world can transform them into better nations."

Etymology

From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste.

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