Definition of "absolutism" in İngilizce

noun

1. (theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.

2. (political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.

3. (philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.

4. Positiveness; the state of being absolute.

5. (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.