Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is the noun for absolutist?

What's the noun for absolutist? Here's the word you're looking for.

absolute
  1. That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
  2. Anything that is absolute. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
  3. (geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
  4. (philosophy) A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
  5. (philosophy) The unity of spirit and nature; God.
  6. (philosophy) The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.
  7. Concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “To say that justice is a moral absolute is analytically true.”
absoluteness
  1. (obsolete) The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the 17th century.]
  2. The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
  3. Absolute authority, unlimited power; absolutism, despotism. [First attested in the 16th century.]
  4. The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality. [First attested in the 17th century.]
  5. Independent autonomy. [First attested in the 17th century.]
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “To see the absoluteness of any one entity is thus to de-absolutize that entity and also to absolutize every other entity.”
      “To be careless of his underlings is testament to the absoluteness of his authority over them.”
      “There is no absoluteness in the truth insofar as anybody on the earth is concerned.”
absolutism
  1. (theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  2. (political science) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
  3. (philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
  4. Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
  5. (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “During his reign, the king implemented absolutism, establishing himself as the sole authority with complete power over every aspect of the government.”
      “As we have seen, Richardson follows the Whig propagandistic practice of conflating tyranny and absolutism.”
      “There is still a recognizable contrast with the European experience on the continent, with absolutism and enlightened despotism.”
absolutist
  1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
  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.]
  3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute. [First attested in the early 20th century.]
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The absolutist firmly believed in the establishment of an autocratic government, dismissing any other forms of governance as inefficient.”
absolutization
  1. An act, process or result of absolutizing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
absolutisation
  1. Alternative spelling of absolutization
absolutizations
  1. plural of absolutization
absolutisations
  1. plural of absolutisation
absolutenesses
absolutisms
absolutists
  1. plural of absolutist
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Ethical absolutists will argue that once we allow cloning, even for therapeutic purposes, there'll be no turning back.”
      “They are absolutists, who are willing to go to the stake for certain issues.”
      “Those absolutists who extol the virtues of free trade without addressing its costs are urging us to build an incomplete trade policy.”
absolutes
  1. plural of absolute
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “And the evidence presented is woefully inadequate to prove anything, notwithstanding the absolutes of science.”
      “The commentaries are not at all what they seem to the student puzzling over the ablative absolutes and indirect discourse.”
      “Myshkin is a later, more riddling and more tragic figure of lost absolutes.”
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
10-letter Words Starting With
Find Nouns
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024