Absolutism
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
polysemous
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unclassified
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unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- authoritarianismCaesarismdespotismdictatorshipmonocracyone-man ruleshogunateStalinismtotalismtotalitarianismtyranny
- plural
- Absolutisms
- possessive
- Absolutism's
- pluralpossessive
- Absolutisms'