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Webster 1913 Edition


Absolutist

Ab′so-luˊtist

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Noun.
1.
One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
2.
(Metaph.)
One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
Sir. W. Hamilton.

Ab′so-luˊtist

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Adj.
Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic;
as,
absolutist
principles
.