English

Alternative forms

• (adjective): absolutistic

Noun

absolutist ‎(plural absolutists)

1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]
2. (metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]

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3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]^[1]

Translations

Adjective

absolutist ‎(comparative more absolutist, superlative most absolutist)

1. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]

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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

• absolutist at OneLook Dictionary Search
• absolutist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Swedish

Etymology

absolut +‎ -ist, since 1825. In the sense of abstinence since 1842.

Noun

absolutist c

1. a teetotaller; a person who completely abstains from alcohol
2. an absolutist; a supporter of absolutism, despotism, dictatorship

Declension

Related terms

• absolutistisk

See also

• nykterist