Noun: absolutism
| Singular | absolutism |
| Plural | absolutisms |
Sample Sentences
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The element of absolutism and prelacy was more controlling in the counsels of the rival corporation. [1859, John Gorham Palfrey, chapter IV, in History of New England, volume I, page 217:]
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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, those features of their government which differed from absolutism tended to be given special prominence. [2019, John Gascoigne, Science and the State, page 54:]
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It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him. [2003, Ruth R. Wisse, The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language, →ISBN:]
Nouns inflected like absolutism
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
First attested in 1753 (in the theological sense); attested in 1830 in the political sense. From absolute + -ism, based after French absolutisme. See: French Nouns '
absolutisme'.
Verbs referencing "absolutism"
Hungarian Nouns
abszolutizmus.