We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.
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Absolutism
/ˈæb.səˌluˌtɪz.m̩/
Synonyms for "absolutism" (94 found)
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Noun(6 words)
absolute monarchyabsolute powerautarchyauthoritarianismauthorityautocracybenevolent despotismbond servicebondagecaesarismcaptivitycompetencecompetency
Strong matches (28)
constituted authoritycontrolczarismdebt slaverydelegated authoritydeprivation of freedomdespotismdictatorshipdisenfranchisementdisfranchisementdivine rightdominationenslavemententhrallmentfacultyfeudalismfeudalityhelotismhelotryindentureship
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Noun(4 words)
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Noun(12 words)
knowledge absolutismmonocracymoral absolutismmoral objectivismone-man ruleshogunatestalinismtheocratic absolutismtotalismtotalitarianismtruth absolutismunlimited sovereignty
lawful authoritylegal authoritylegitimacymonarchyone-man ruleone-party rulepaternalismpeonagepowerprerogativeregalityrestraintrightrightful authorityroyal prerogativesaysay soserfdomserfhoodservility
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servitudeslaverystalinismsubjectionsubjugationthe saythe say-sothrallthralldomtotalitarianismtyrannyvassalagevested authorityvicarious authorityvillenage
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22 entriesascendanceascendancyascendenceascendencyautarchyautocracycontroldoctrinedominanceepistemologyethicsideologyismmoral philosophyphilosophical systemphilosophy
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8 entriesa priori knowledgebiblical literalismcategorical imperativedivine command theorydivine right absolutismnecessary truthpapal supremacyroyal absolutism
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6 entriesabsolutism in politicsdoctrine of absolutismepistemic absolutismmoral absolutismpolitical absolutismreligious absolutism
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The element of absolutism and prelacy was more controlling in the counsels of the rival corporation.
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As absolutism became more consolidated in Europe, and particularly in France, such nonabsolutist states tended to define themselves in opposition to their absolutist rivals: hence, those features of their government which differed from absolutism tended to be given special prominence.
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It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him.
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