Plural: absolutisms
Or absolute monarchy; System of government in which the ruler or rulers have unlimited power. The principle of an absolute monarch, given a right to rule by God (the divine right of kings), was extensively used in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Absolute monarchy is contrasted with limited or constitutional monarchy, in which the sovereign's powers are defined or limited.
1. Dominance through threat of punishment and violence; SYN. tyranny, despotism.
2. The doctrine of an absolute being.
3. The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government; SYN. totalitarianism, totalism.
doctrine of government by a single absolute ruler; autocracy
tyrannical government; principle of autocracy.
Caesarism · Stalinism · authoritarianism · despotism · dictatorship · monocracy · one-man rule · shogunate · totalism · totalitarianism · tyranny
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Neogračinenost; samovolja; oblik vladavine kod koga vladaočeva vlast nije ograničena ustavom, samodržavlje, samovlašće, neograničena vladavina jednog čoveka.
Neograničeno gospodarstvo, neograničena vladavina, samovolja, tiranstvo; prosvećeni despotizam, on se javlja u državnim tvorevinama naroda na nižem kulturnom stupnju. Podanici stoje pravno prema despotu u istom odnosu kao ma koji predmet poseda. Despotizam se razlikuje od apsolutizma nepostojanjem neke uređene uprave. (grč.)