absolutistic
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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
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
Reason, and religion, 307-22; as director of life, 58-59; career of, 275-78; in absolutistic morality, 442.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
The Kantian or absolutistic position, by its emphasis on the indefeasible and unwavering character of moral action, suggests something that rouses admiration from common sense, unsophisticated by moral theory.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
It means a real change of heart, a break with absolutistic hopes, when one takes up this inductive view of the conditions of belief.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
