3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: absolutist adjective: pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism [syn: {absolutistic}] noun: one who advocates absolutism From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Absolutist \Ab"so*lu'tist\, noun 1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. 2. (Metaph.) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. --Sir. W. Hamilton. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Absolutist \Ab"so*lu'tist\, adjective Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.

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