absolutism Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun dominance through threat of punishment and violence
tyranny; despotism.
noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
tyranny; dictatorship; monocracy; Stalinism; shogunate; authoritarianism; despotism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.
noun the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
totalitarianism; totalism.
noun the doctrine of an absolute being

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. Palfrey.
(Theol.) Doctrine of absolute decrees. Ash.