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Absolutist

Ab′so-luˊtist

,
Noun.
1.
One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
2.
(Metaph.)
One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
Sir. W. Hamilton.

Ab′so-luˊtist

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic;
as,
absolutist
principles
.

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absolutist

absolutist

English

Alternative forms

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]
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  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]

Translations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9
  • absolutist at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • absolutist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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

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

Related terms

See also

  • nykterist