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

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  1. n. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
  2. n. One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
  3. a. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
  4. adj. pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
  5. n. one who advocates absolutism
  6. 1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. 2. (Metaph.) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
  7. One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition orconcept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton.
  8. n:100 n. one who advocates absolutism a. pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism