the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
n. One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
adj. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An advocate of despotism, or of absolute government. In metaphysics, one who maintains that there is an absolute or non-relative existence, and that it is possible to know or conceive it.
Of or pertaining to absolutism; despotic; absolutistic.
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n. one who advocates absolutism
adj. pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
Word Usage
"Not long ago, a close comrade of mine was dining with a person who I can't identify beyond telling you that his father is a long-term absolutist ruler of an Arab Muslim state."