Antonyms for absolutist
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : ab-suh-loo-tiz-uhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæb sə luˌtɪz əm |
Definition of absolutist
Origin :- 1830, from absolute + -ist. From 1837 as an adjective.
- As in absolute : adj in control or complete authority
- As in monocratic : adj absolute
- As in tyrannous : adj absolute
- As in authoritarian : noun domineering person
- As in tyrant : noun person who dictates, oppresses
- As in strongman : noun dictator
- As in dictator : noun absolute ruler
- The degradation of servitude, the absolutist lies must be uprooted and swept out.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- Absolutist and military government now again prevailed at Prague.
- Extract from : « The Story of Prague » by Count Francis Ltzow
- He was taken for a mere bully and absolutist of the old type.
- Extract from : « History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 » by C. A. Fyffe
- It did not lead the masses to storm the citadels of the absolutist order.
- Extract from : « Our Revolution » by Leon Trotzky
- Objectivism in its absolutist and abstract forms assumes a standard—nature, essence, law—independent of process.
- Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
- He stripped the magical prestige from the absolutist monarchy in France.
- Extract from : « A Short History of the World » by H. G. Wells
- It has nothing in common with the absolutist States before or after '89.
- Extract from : « Readings on Fascism and National Socialism » by Various
- How vain, then, the absolutist's attempt to sever himself from the sphere of sense!
- Extract from : « Nature Mysticism » by J. Edward Mercer
- His stroke is vehement and peremptory; he is an absolutist in style as in creed.
- Extract from : « Recent Developments in European Thought » by Various
- Steeped in absolutist ideas, James was not likely to tolerate religious dissent.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 » by Various
Synonyms for absolutist
- absolute ruler
- absolutist
- absolutistic
- adviser
- arbitrary
- autarchic
- autarchical
- authoritarian
- autocrat
- autocratic
- autocratical
- autonomous
- Big Brother
- boss
- bully
- chief
- commander
- despot
- despotic
- dictator
- dictatorial
- disciplinarian
- fascist
- fuhrer
- full
- Hitler
- inquisitor
- leader
- magnate
- man on horseback
- martinet
- mogul
- monocratic
- oligarch
- oppressor
- preeminent
- ringleader
- slave driver
- slavedriver
- sovereign
- Stalin
- supreme
- totalitarian
- tycoon
- tyrannic
- tyrannical
- tyrannous
- tyrant
- usurper
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