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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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 +'''Absolutism''' may refer to:
-The term '''Absolutism''' may refer to: +==Government==
-* [[Absolute idealism]], an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G.W.F. Hegel. It is Hegel's account of how being is ultimately comprehensible as an all-inclusive whole +* [[Absolute monarchy]], in which a monarch rules free of laws or legally organized opposition; especially in the period c. 1610 – c. 1789 in Europe
-*[[Absolute 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 force+** [[Enlightened absolutism]], influenced by the Enlightenment (18th- and early 19th-century Europe)
-* [[Philosophy of space and time#Absolutism and relationalism|Absolute space]], a theory holding that space exists absolutely, in contrast to relationalism, which holds that space exists only as relations between objects+* [[Autocracy]], or "political absolutism", a political theory which argues that one person should hold all power
-* [[Universality (philosophy)#As a state (truth)|Absolute truth]], the contention that in a particular domain of thought, all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false+
-* [[Absolutism (European history)]], a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by any other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites+
-* [[Autocracy]] (also known as 'political absolutism'), a political theory which argues that one person should hold all power+
-* [[Enlightened 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 act+
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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
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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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