OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 263

absolutism

/ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪz.m̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
absolutismo
The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.
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,…
The element of absolutism and prelacy was more controlling in the counsels of the rival corporation.
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