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

But the spirit of the Roman empire was too absolutistic to abandon the prerogative of a supervision of public worship.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

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

But the single moral course is clear; there is no alternative; in absolutistic morals there are no extenuating circumstances.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin