1. a person who supports a political system in which a leader or government has total power at all times
   • ● The absolutist, Joseph II (1780-90), who succeeded Maria Theresa, failed in his reforms.
2. a person who believes that a political, religious or moral principle is true in all circumstances
   • ● He was a moral absolutist with little patience for shades of grey—or for dissent.

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1. supporting a political system in which a leader or government has total power at all times
   • ● absolutist government/monarchy/power

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2. believing that a political, religious or moral principle is true in all circumstances
   • ● One absolutist ethical theory is the traditional view that right and wrong are God-given.

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