absolute rule

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As Arendt understood, the criminal state eliminates one of the final barriers to absolute rule.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024

But monitoring groups say there are no signs of a humanitarian crisis or a social chaos that could threaten the absolute rule by leader Kim Jong-un.

From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2023

The Heat know it’s not an absolute rule.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2020

In 1576, Jean Bodin, an influential French writer, defined absolute rule:

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Let us, however, observe that this advocate of the people’s supremacy over their sovereign’s was himself the vowed slave to passive obedience, and the indefeasible and absolute rule of the sacerdotal suzerain.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac