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 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

What concerns us in this connection, however, is the nature of this absolutistic conception, and its bearings on the governance of human conduct.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin