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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Absolutism

/ăb'-səl-o͞otˌ-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Ab·so·lu·tism · IPA /ˈæb.səˌluˌtɪz.m̩/
01 n. The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
  1. 1.
    The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
    “The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling.” — Palfrey.
  2. 2.
    Doctrine of absolute decrees.(Theol.)