Synonyms for absolutist


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ab-suh-loo-tiz-uhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæb sə luˌtɪz əm

Top 10 synonyms for absolutist Other synonyms for the word absolutist

Définition of absolutist

Origin :
  • 1830, from absolute + -ist. From 1837 as an adjective.
  • As in absolute : adj in control or complete authority
  • As in monocratic : adj absolute
  • As in tyrannous : adj absolute
  • As in authoritarian : noun domineering person
  • As in tyrant : noun person who dictates, oppresses
  • As in strongman : noun dictator
  • As in dictator : noun absolute ruler
Example sentences :
  • The degradation of servitude, the absolutist lies must be uprooted and swept out.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • Absolutist and military government now again prevailed at Prague.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Prague » by Count Francis Ltzow
  • He was taken for a mere bully and absolutist of the old type.
  • Extract from : « History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 » by C. A. Fyffe
  • It did not lead the masses to storm the citadels of the absolutist order.
  • Extract from : « Our Revolution » by Leon Trotzky
  • Objectivism in its absolutist and abstract forms assumes a standard—nature, essence, law—independent of process.
  • Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
  • He stripped the magical prestige from the absolutist monarchy in France.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of the World » by H. G. Wells
  • It has nothing in common with the absolutist States before or after '89.
  • Extract from : « Readings on Fascism and National Socialism » by Various
  • How vain, then, the absolutist's attempt to sever himself from the sphere of sense!
  • Extract from : « Nature Mysticism » by J. Edward Mercer
  • His stroke is vehement and peremptory; he is an absolutist in style as in creed.
  • Extract from : « Recent Developments in European Thought » by Various
  • Steeped in absolutist ideas, James was not likely to tolerate religious dissent.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 » by Various

Antonyms for absolutist

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