"absolutism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪz.m̩/ [UK], /ˈæb.sə.ljuː.tɪz.m̩/ [UK], /ˈæb.səˌluˌtɪz.m̩/ [US], /ˈæb.səˌljuˌtɪz.m̩/ [US] Audio: en-us-absolutism.ogg Forms: absolutisms [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1753 (in the theological sense); attested in 1830 in the political sense. From absolute + -ism, based after French absolutisme. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|absolute|ism}} absolute + -ism, {{der|en|fr|absolutisme}} French absolutisme Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} absolutism (countable and uncountable, plural absolutisms)
  1. (theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theology Translations (theology: doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees): predestinatieleer [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-absolutism-en-noun-5VxaoTTy Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology Disambiguation of 'theology: doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees': 87 3 5 2 2
  2. (political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Political science, Sociology Translations (political science: absolute or arbitrary government; despotism): աբսոլյուտիզմ (absolyutizm) (Armenian), абсолюти́зъм (absoljutízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), absolutisme [masculine] (Catalan), absolutismus [masculine] (Czech), enevælde (english: Danish history ca. 1660-1849) [common-gender] (Danish), absolutisme [common-gender] (Danish), absolutisme [neuter] (Dutch), alleenheerschappij [feminine] (Dutch), абсолютизм (absoĺutizm) (Eastern Mari), absolutismo (Esperanto), absolutismi (Finnish), absolutisme (French), Absolutismus [masculine] (German), απολυταρχία (apolytarchía) [feminine] (Greek), abszolutizmus (Hungarian), absolutisme (Indonesian), assolutismo [masculine] (Italian), absolutisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), enevelde [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), absolutisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), absolutyzm [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), absolutismo [masculine] (Portuguese), absolutism [neuter] (Romanian), абсолюти́зм (absoljutízm) [masculine] (Russian), апсолутизам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), apsolutizam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), absolutismo [masculine] (Spanish), absolutism [common-gender] (Swedish), envälde [neuter] (Swedish), despotism [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-absolutism-en-noun-en:politics Topics: human-sciences, political-science, sciences, social-science, social-sciences, sociology Disambiguation of 'political science: absolute or arbitrary government; despotism': 7 66 13 6 8
  3. (philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (belief in a metaphysical absolute): absolutisme [feminine] (Dutch), absolutismi (Finnish), απολυτοκρατία (apolytokratía) (Greek), absolutisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), absolutyzm [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-absolutism-en-noun-en:philosophy Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'belief in a metaphysical absolute': 8 3 80 4 5
  4. Positiveness; the state of being absolute. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Forms of government Translations (the state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute or unconditional): απολυτότητα (apolytótita) [feminine] (Greek), απόλυτο (apólyto) [neuter] (Greek)
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  5. (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antiabsolutism, hyperabsolutism, nonabsolutism Related terms: autocracy, dictatorship, strongman

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.