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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Absolutist

/ăb-səl-o͞ot'-ĭst/ · Ab·so·lu·tist · IPA /ˈæb.səˌlu.tɪst/
01 n. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
  1. 1.
    One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
  2. 2.
    One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.(Metaph.)
02 a. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.