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absolutisme — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • absolutism noun Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.

Senses

absolutisme is used for these senses in English:

  • absolutism (political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism. [First attested in the early 19th century.]

absolutism — full definition

  1. noun Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
  2. noun The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.
  3. noun Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
  4. noun Positiveness; the state of being absolute.