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 +# The state of being [[absolute]]; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; [[despotism]].
 +#:* The element of ''absolutism'' and prelacy was controlling. - [[Palfrey]]
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-'''Anti-authoritarianism''' is opposition to [[authority|authoritarianism]], which is defined as "concentration of [[power (sociology)|power]] in a [[leadership|leader]] or an [[elite]] not [[constitution]]ally [[Moral responsibility|responsible]] to the [[person|people]]" or the [[doctrine]] that [[advocacy|advocates]] such [[absolutism]] in rule, as in [[autocracy]], [[despotism]], [[dictatorship]], and [[totalitarianism]]. The term ''anti-authoritarianism'' is typically extended to include a rejection of all forms of political, social, and economic coercion. +'''Absolutism''' may refer to:
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 +==Government==
 +* [[Absolute monarchy]], in which a monarch rules free of laws or legally organized opposition; especially in the period c. 1610 – c. 1789 in Europe
 +** [[Enlightened absolutism]], influenced by the Enlightenment (18th- and early 19th-century Europe)
 +* [[Autocracy]], or "political absolutism", a political theory which argues that one person should hold all power
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 +==Morality==
 +* [[Moral absolutism]], the belief in absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, regardless of context
 +* [[Graded absolutism]], the view that a moral absolute, such as "Do not kill", can be greater or lesser than another moral absolute, such as "Do not lie"
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 +==Other uses==
 +* [[Absolute (philosophy)]], an objective and unconditioned reality said to underlie perceived objects
 +* [[Absolute idealism]], an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G.W.F. Hegel
 +* [[Philosophy of space and time#Absolutism and relationalism|Absolute space]], a theory that space exists absolutely; contrast with relationalism
-'''Anti-authoritarian''' was also the name given to the anarchists inside the [[First International]] (IWA) who opposed the [[Communism|Communists]]. They were excluded from the IWA after the [[Hague Congress (1872)|1872 Hague Congress]]. 
-Anti-authoritarianism is associated with [[Punk rock]] and other similar genres of music. The people who were part of this musical movement believed that no one person or establishment could hold back their rights and freedoms.  
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  1. The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
    • The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. - Palfrey

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Absolutism may refer to:

Government

  • Absolute monarchy, in which a monarch rules free of laws or legally organized opposition; especially in the period c. 1610 – c. 1789 in Europe
  • Autocracy, or "political absolutism", a political theory which argues that one person should hold all power

Morality

  • Moral absolutism, the belief in absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, regardless of context
  • Graded absolutism, the view that a moral absolute, such as "Do not kill", can be greater or lesser than another moral absolute, such as "Do not lie"

Other uses

  • Absolute (philosophy), an objective and unconditioned reality said to underlie perceived objects
  • Absolute idealism, an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G.W.F. Hegel
  • Absolute space, a theory that space exists absolutely; contrast with relationalism




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