English noun: absolutism | 
| 1.  | absolutism (state) dominance through threat of punishment and violence | 
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  | Synonyms | despotism, tyranny | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance | 
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| 2.  | absolutism (group) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 
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  | Synonyms | authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | autarchy, autocracy | 
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  | Narrower (hyponym) | police state | 
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| 3.  | absolutism (cognition) the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government | 
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  | Synonyms | totalism, totalitarianism | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | ideology, political orientation, political theory | 
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| 4.  | absolutism (cognition) the doctrine of an absolute being | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought | 
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