absolutism

英 ['æbsəluːtɪz(ə)m] 美['æbsəlutɪzəm]

• n. 专制主义；绝对论

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