Meaning of absolutist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
2. One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.
3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.

Equivalents

Examples

“the unitarian — whether materialist, idealist, or absolutist”

“When absolutists reject humanism because they feel it to be untrue, that means that the whole habit of their mental needs is wedded already to a different view of reality, in comparison with which the humanistic world seems but the whim of a few irresponsible youths.”

“The billionaire tech mogul, who has described himself as a free speech absolutist, introduced a new red line this week after he claimed that a car carrying one of his children was accosted by a “crazy stalker.””

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