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Definition of: absolutism
(ab′sə·l ·tiz′əm) noun
·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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