absolutist

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From absolute +‎ -ist after French absolutiste.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌluː.tɪst/, /ˈæb.səˌljuː.tɪst/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlu.tɪst/

Noun

absolutist (plural absolutists)

  1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
  2. (metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir. W. Hamilton to this entry?)
  3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]

Translations

Adjective

absolutist (comparative more absolutist, superlative most absolutist)

  1. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. “absolutist” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
  • absolutist at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • absolutist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Swedish

Etymology

absolut +‎ -ist, since 1825. In the sense of abstinence since 1842.

Noun

absolutist c

  1. a teetotaller; a person who completely abstains from alcohol
  2. an absolutist; a supporter of absolutism, despotism, dictatorship

Declension
Declension of absolutist 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative absolutist absolutisten absolutister absolutisterna
Genitive absolutists absolutistens absolutisters absolutisternas

See also
  • nykterist

Further reading
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