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absolute monarchy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A state over which a sole monarch has absolute and unlimited power.
   • The Sultan of Brunei effectively subverted a constitutional monarchy into an absolute monarchy by implementing a perpetual state of emergency.
2. (uncountable) The rule of such a monarch, as a form of government.

Forms

Coordinates

constitutional monarchy · parliamentary monarchy

Hypernyms

dictatorship · monarchy · despotism · absolutism · autocracy

Translations (36)

ga monarcacht absalóideach (state) · fr monarchie absolue (rule) · ro monarhie absolută (rule) · cmn 君主專制 /君主专制 (rule) · hy բացարձակ միապետություն (rule) · fi itsevaltainen monarkia (state) · es monarquía absoluta (rule) · da enevælde (rule) · ru абсолю́тная мона́рхия (rule) · ka აბსოლუტური მონარქია (rule) · pt monarquia absoluta (state) · ka აბსოლუტური მონარქია (state) · nl absolute monarchie (state) · hy բացարձակ միապետություն (state) · is einveldi (state) · hu abszolút monarchia (rule) · nl absolute monarchie (rule) · id kerajaan absolut (state) · gl monarquía absoluta (state) · ko 전제군주제 (rule) · ja 絶対君主制 (rule) · ms raja mutlak (rule) · da enevældigt monarki (state) · ro monarhie absolută (state) · de absolute Monarchie (rule) · ar مَلَكِيَّة مُطْلَقَة (rule) · gl monarquía absoluta (rule) · pl monarchia absolutna (rule) · az mütləq monarxiya (rule) · fi itsevaltius (rule) · pt monarquia absoluta (rule) · th สมบูรณาญาสิทธิราชย์ (rule) · hu abszolút monarchia (state) · ga monarcacht absalóideach (rule) · cmn 絕對君主制 /绝对君主制 (rule) · id kerajaan absolut (rule)