definition of the word absolutist

Derivative of absolute

absolutist (plural absolutists)

1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
2. (metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. - Sir. W. Hamilton

absolutist (comparative more absolutist, superlative most absolutist)

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

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