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Definition of: absolutism
(ab′sə·l·tiz′əm) noun
1. The doctrine or practice of unlimited authority and control; despotism; predestination.
2. Absoluteness; positiveness.
—ab′so·lu′tist noun
—ab′so·lu·tis′tic adjective
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