The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
Extreme severity or rigour.
Absolute power, or its use.
A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.