absolutism
英 ['æbsəluːtɪz(ə)m]
美['æbsəlutɪzəm]
- n. 专制主义；绝对论
英英释意
- 1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- 2. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- 3. the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
- 4. the doctrine of an absolute being