absolutism

n. political principle of absolute power in government, totalitarianism, despotism

Absolutism can mean:Absolute truth, the contention that in a particular domain of thought, all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely falseAbsolutism (European history), is a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by any other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elitesEnlightened absolutism, a term used to describe the actions of absolute rulers who were influenced by the Enlightenment (eighteenth and early nineteenth century Europe)Moral absolutism, the position that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are good or evil, regardless of the context of the actAutocracy (also known as 'political absolutism'), a political theory which argues that one person should hold all powerAbsolute monarchy, a form of government where the monarch has the power to rule their land freely, with no laws or legally-organized direct opposition in forcea theory of space (see Philosophy of space and time#Absolutism vs. relationalism) holding that space exists absolutely, in contrast to relationalism, which holds that space exists only as relations between objects
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Noun
1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence
(synonym) tyranny, despotism
(hypernym) dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
2. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
(synonym) dictatorship, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
(hypernym) autocracy, autarchy
(hyponym) police state
3. the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
(synonym) totalitarianism, totalism
(hypernym) political orientation, ideology, political theory
4. the doctrine of an absolute being
(hypernym) doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism

(n.)
The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
  

(n.)
Doctrine of absolute decrees.
  

Synonyms and related words:
Caesarism, Stalinism, absolute monarchy, absolute power, autarchy, authoritarianism, authority, autocracy, benevolent despotism, bond service, bondage, captivity, competence, competency, constituted authority, control, czarism, debt slavery, delegated authority, deprivation of freedom, despotism, dictatorship, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, divine right, domination, enslavement, enthrallment, faculty, feudalism, feudality, helotism, helotry, indentureship, indirect authority, inherent authority, jus divinum, kaiserism, lawful authority, legal authority, legitimacy, monarchy, one-man rule, one-party rule, paternalism, peonage, power, prerogative, regality, restraint, right, rightful authority, royal prerogative, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, slavery, subjection, subjugation, the say, the say-so, thrall, thralldom, totalitarianism, tyranny, vassalage, vested authority, vicarious authority, villenage,