absolutism
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Absolutism is always reductive, and therefore, like the inability to sympathize with one’s enemies, is an anathema to art.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2021
Absolutism is Winterson's forte, and it's the perfect mode to verify supernatural events when they occur.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2012
Absolutism was the political belief that one ruler should hold all the power within the boundaries of a country.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Not only was the Romanov dynasty ended, but equally so was monarchical Absolutism itself.
From Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by Spargo, John
Absolutism feared his influence and that of his liberal and strong-minded English wife.
From In and Around Berlin by Norton, Minerva Brace
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