Definition of Absolutists

1. Noun. (plural of absolutist) ¹

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Definition of Absolutists

1. absolutist [n] - See also: absolutist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolutists

absolutes
absolutest
absolution
absolutions
absolutisation
absolutisations
absolutise
absolutised
absolutises
absolutising
absolutism
absolutisms
absolutist
absolutistic
absolutistically
absolutists (current term)
absolutive
absolutive case
absolutive cases
absolutization
absolutizations
absolutize
absolutized
absolutizes
absolutizing
absolutory
absolvable
absolvatory
absolve
absolved

Literary usage of Absolutists

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1903)
"To intimate that all the vagabonds of the world were against us, including extremists and absolutists, was rather unkind to our friend the Sultan of Turkey ..."

2. The History of England by George Charles Brodrick, John Knight Fotheringham (1906)
"What was their surprise when they discovered that the king XII- had indeed determined to procrastinate, but in such a way as to displease the absolutists as ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1829)
"... and Officers of the Army are dismissed to make room for absolutists—The Constitutionalists begin to emigrate — The British Troops embark to return to ..."

4. The Year Book of the United States Brewers' Association by United States Brewers' Association (1914)
"496, and 252 of them occurred among absolutists and 244 among the non-absolutists. The absolutists showed on an average 6 per cent less mortality than the ..."

5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1829)
"... Riots— The Constitutional Governors of the Provinces, and Officers of the Army are dismissed to make room for absolutists— The Constitutionalists begin ..."

6. Sdi: A View From Europe by Robert C. Hughes (1995)
"... THE PURISTS and absolutists: ALL and NOTHING In one group are those who demand or expect, depending on whether they are critic or advocate, ..."

7. The History of Brazil: From the Period of the Arrival of the Braganza Family by John Armitage (1836)
"... the favourite— Operations of the absolutists. SCARCELY had the insurrection in Pernambuco been quelled, when the troops in Bahia rose against Felisberto ..."

8. History of the Counter-revolution in England: For the Re-establishment of by Armand Carrel, Charles James Fox (1846)
"... and ihe absolutists, at fix hend of the coupler-revolution— Rupture between the king and the predominant party— Death of the I:ing ..."

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