Definition for Absolutism:

• Doctrine of absolute decrees.

Synonyms for Absolutism:

• n.

  •
  • autarchy.
  •absolute control by government (noun)
  • despotism,
  • dictatorship,
  • tyranny.
  •absolute power (noun)
  • absolute-power.
  •absolutism (noun)
  • authoritarianism,
  • totalitarianism,
  • shogunate,
  • totalism,
  • one-man rule,
  • monocracy.
  •autocracy (noun)
  • totalitarian governments,
  • czarisms.
  •cognition (noun)
  • absolutism.
  •command (noun)
  • primacy,
  • expertism,
  • knowhow.
  •fascism (noun)
  • one party system,
  • nazisms,
  • one party systems,
  • oneparty systems,
  • oneparty system,
  • party governments,
  • one-party systems.
  •tyranny (noun)
  • imperiousness,
  • highhandedness,
  • oligarchy,
  • Peremptoriness,
  • Oligarchies,
  • high-handedness,
  • terrorism.

• Other synonyms:

  •Caesarism
  • caesarism.
  •
  • interregnum,
  • power,
  • state,
  • mandate,
  • crown.
  •Stalinism
  • stalinism.

Antonyms for Absolutism:

• n.

  • absolute control by government
    democracy.
  • Other antonyms:
    autonomy, self-governance, self-rule, sovereignty, self-government, freedom.

Absolutism Sentence Examples:

• Her reign, covering the ensuing twenty years, comprised distinctly an era of stagnation and veiled absolutism.

• In the days of German absolutism, this was a dangerous step to take.

Hyponym for Absolutism:

• n.

  • cognition
    ism, school of thought, philosophical system, philosophy, doctrine.
  • state
    ascendance, dominance, ascendency, control, ascendence, ascendancy.