absolutist

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1. absolutist - Noun

2. absolutist - Adjective

Meaning

One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.

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

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Obviously, a rigid, blinkered, absolutist world view is the easiest to keep hold of, whereas the fluid, uncertain, metamorphic picture I've always carried about is rather more vulnerable. Salman Rushdie

The absolutist begins a work, others take it up and try to spread it. Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system. Dorothy Day

Although Maria Theresa and her consort were Baroque absolutist conservatives, this was tempered by a pragmatic sense and they implemented a number of overdue reforms. Source: Internet

David D. Friedman says he is not an absolutist rights theorist but is also "not a utilitarian ", however, he does believe that "utilitarian arguments are usually the best way to defend libertarian views". Source: Internet

Even so, agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (where Spain was represented by Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador ) would cement international support for the old, absolutist regime in Spain. Source: Internet

As stated by the Council for Secular Humanism, error Secular humanism affirms that with the present state of scientific knowledge, dogmatic belief in an absolutist moral/ethical system (e.g. Kantian, Islamic, Christian) is unreasonable. Source: Internet

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