English

Noun

absolutism ‎(plural absolutisms)

1. (theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]^[1]
2. (political science) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]^[1]
   • (Can we date this quote?), Palfrey, (Please provide the title of the work):

     The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling.

3. (philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]^[1]
4. Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
5. (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
   • 2003, Ruth R. Wisse, The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language, ISBN 0226903184:

     It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him.

Translations

References

1. 1 2 3 4 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French absolutisme.

Noun

absolutism n ‎(uncountable)

1. absolutism

Swedish

Etymology

absolut +‎ -ism

Noun

absolutism c ‎(uncountable)

1. absolute monarchy (as a form of government), dictatorship
2. the principle of abstaining from alcohol

Declension

See also

• nykterhet
• nykterism
• absolutist

References

• absolutism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)