Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun absolutism

4 senses of absolutism

Sense 1
absolutism, tyranny, despotism -- (dominance through threat of punishment and violence)
       => dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control -- (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her")

Sense 2
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny -- (a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.))
       => autocracy, autarchy -- (a political system governed by a single individual)

Sense 3
absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism -- (the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government)
       => political orientation, ideology, political theory -- (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

Sense 4
absolutism -- (the doctrine of an absolute being)
       => doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism -- (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)