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Absolutism is a way of running a country in which one ruler — often a king or queen — holds all the power. There is no real parliament that can stop them, and the law is what they say it is. History books use the word for Europe a few hundred years ago, when monarchs claimed they answered only to God. Though actually, writers also use it as a criticism today: they call a government absolutism when they think too much power sits in one person’s hands. The word is for and essays, not for a strict parent or a strict teacher.
專制主義；絕對君權
組成absolute + -ism, formed on the model of French absolutisme. First used in the 1700s in a religious sense; the political sense (a ruler with complete power) is attested from 1830.
同家族的字
- absolutethis political word is simply absolute + -ism
- absolutista person who supports that system
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
absolutismnoun/ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪz.m̩/
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lifestylereligiontheologyDoctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
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human-sciencespolitical-sciencesciencesThe principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.
- The element of absolutism and prelacy was more controlling in the counsels of the rival corporation.
- As absolutism became more consolidated in Europe, and particularly in France, such nonabsolutist states tended to define themselves in opposition to their absolutist rivals: hence, those features of their government which differed from absolutism tended to be given special prominence.
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human-sciencesphilosophysciencesBelief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
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Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
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rareThe characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
- It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。