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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
absolutist en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈæb.səˌlu.tɪst/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈæb.səˌluː.tɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈæb.səˌljuː.tɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising.
The best and the worst features of the communal regime are illustrated in the resistance of the Lombard cities to Frederic Barbarossa, the first Emperor who formulated and applied to Italy a scheme of absolutist government.
1911, H. W. Carless Davis, Medieval Europe:
Forms
Deriveds
absolutistically · absolutistical · absolutistic
Translations (11)
de absolutistisch (of or pertaining to absolutism) · nb absolutistisk (of or pertaining to absolutism) · fi absolutistinen (of or pertaining to absolutism) · pl autokratyczny (of or pertaining to absolutism) · ca absolutista (of or pertaining to absolutism) · pl jedynowładczy (of or pertaining to absolutism) · ga absalóideach (of or pertaining to absolutism) · pt absolutista (of or pertaining to absolutism) · ro absolutist (of or pertaining to absolutism) · pl absolutystyczny (of or pertaining to absolutism) · es absolutista (of or pertaining to absolutism)
absolutist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈæb.səˌlu.tɪst/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈæb.səˌluː.tɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈæb.səˌljuː.tɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste.
Meanings
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One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
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(qualifier:metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.
When absolutists reject humanism because they feel it to be untrue, that means that the whole habit of their mental needs is wedded already to a different view of reality, in comparison with which the humanistic world seems but the whim of a few irresponsible youths.
1909, William James, The Meaning of Truth:the unitarian — whether materialist, idealist, or absolutist
a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC:
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An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.
The billionaire tech mogul, who has described himself as a free speech absolutist, introduced a new red line this week after he claimed that a car carrying one of his children was accosted by a “crazy stalker.”
2022 December 16, Bernhard Warner, “Musk Faces Growing Anger Over Twitter Ban of Journalists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
Deriveds
antiabsolutist · nonabsolutist
Translations (44)
ca absolutista (one who favors autocratic government) · lv absolūtists (one who favors autocratic government) · sk absolutista (one who favors autocratic government) · tg мутлақиятпараст (one who favors autocratic government) · pl absolutystka (metaphysics) · de Absolutistin (one who favors autocratic government) · uz absolutysta (one who favors autocratic government) · it assolutista (one who favors autocratic government) · ga absalóideach (metaphysics) · ro absolutist (one who favors autocratic government) · es absolutista (one who favors autocratic government) · oc absolutista (one who favors autocratic government) · el απολυτόφρονας (one who favors autocratic government) · et absolutist (one who favors autocratic government) · de Absolutist (one who favors autocratic government) · tg истибдодпараст (one who favors autocratic government) · hsb absolutist (one who favors autocratic government) · ga absalóideach (one who favors autocratic government) · pt absolutista (one who favors autocratic government) · sk absolutistka (one who favors autocratic government) · da absolutist (one who favors autocratic government) · tg мутлақиятхоҳ (one who favors autocratic government) · sv absolutist (one who favors autocratic government) · nl absolutist (one who favors autocratic government) · io absolutisto (one who favors autocratic government) · uk абсолюти́ст (one who favors autocratic government) · be абсалюты́ст (one who favors autocratic government) · ja 絶対主義者 (one who favors autocratic government) · ba абсолютист (one who favors autocratic government) · pl absolutysta (one who favors autocratic government) · pl absolutysta (metaphysics) · ru абсолюти́ст (one who favors autocratic government) · tt абсолютист (one who favors autocratic government) · nb absolutist (one who favors autocratic government) · fr absolutiste (one who favors autocratic government) · de Absolutist (metaphysics) · fi absolutisti (one who favors autocratic government) · eo absolutisto (one who favors autocratic government) · os абсолютист (one who favors autocratic government) · ka აბსოლუტისტი (one who favors autocratic government) · kk абсолютист (one who favors autocratic government) · pl absolutystka (one who favors autocratic government) · ro absolutistă (one who favors autocratic government) · cs absolutista (one who favors autocratic government)