Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

    Absolutist, Absolutistin

    абсолюти́стabsoljutíst

    абсолюти́стabsoljutýst

  2. One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.

    Absolutist

  3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.

More definitions
  • one who advocates absolutism

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Elon Musk bans people from Twitter for criticizing him even slightly; he is not a "free speech absolutist."

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  2. By no stretch of the imagination is Elon Musk a "free speech absolutist," and his behavior since taking over Twitter proves this.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who favors autocratic government:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who favors autocratic government:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who favors autocratic government:

Origin

From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste.

From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste.

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