absolutistic
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Abraham Lincoln was dogged by the absolutistic demands of Horace Greeley, William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, and he had more genuine charity than all of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
He believes that the church's structure ought to be revised in order to "transform our system of absolutistic authority into one based on mutual service and partnership."
From Time Magazine Archive
The truth is that this Czar, albeit lacking the nerve of his sire, has from early youth shown the full absolutistic bent.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various
It is the absolutistic brand, spurning the dust and reared upon pure logic.
From Pragmatism by William James
At the same time vague murmurs were heard in society against the absolutistic régime which had led Russia to the brink of utter ruin.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various
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