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

History shows how easily both quietists and fanatics have drawn inspiration from the absolutistic scheme.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William

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 means a real change of heart, a break with absolutistic hopes, when one takes up this view of the conditions of belief.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William