Absolutist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Absolutist \Ab"so*lu`tist\, n.
     1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic
        government.
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     2. (Metaph.) One who believes that it is possible to realize


        a cognition or concept of the absolute. --Sir. W.
        Hamilton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Absolutist \Ab"so*lu`tist\, a.
     Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as,
     absolutist principles.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  absolutist
       adj : pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism [syn: {absolutistic}]
       n : one who advocates absolutism