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

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

The absolutistic hypothesis, that perfection is eternal, aboriginal, and most real, has a perfectly definite meaning, and it works religiously.

From Pragmatism by James, William

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