Absolutist

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:35:51

Ab"so*lu`tist (#), n.

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.

 

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Ab"so*lu`tist, a.

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

 

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