Anarchist vs Absolutism - What's the difference?
anarchist | absolutism |
One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
(By extension from previous sense ), one who promotes chaos and lawlessness; a nihilist.
One who resents outside control or influence on his or her life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
(political science) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
:* The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. - Palfrey
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
(lb) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
* 2003 , Ruth R. Wisse, The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language (ISBN 0226903184):
As nouns the difference between anarchist and absolutism
is that anarchist is anarchist (person) while absolutism is (theology) doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that god acts in an absolute manner .anarchist
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(wikipedia anarchist)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Self-identified anarchists in sense 1 may object to the use of this term in senses 2 and 3.Anagrams
* English words suffixed with -ist ----absolutism
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(en noun)- It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him.