absolutist

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absolutist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Absolutist \Ab"so*lu`tist\, n.
     1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic
        government.
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     2. (Metaph.) One who believes that it is possible to realize
        a cognition or concept of the absolute. --Sir. W.
        Hamilton.
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  Absolutist \Ab"so*lu`tist\, a.
     Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as,
     absolutist principles.
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absolutist - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  absolutist
      adj 1: pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism [syn:
             absolutist, absolutistic]
      n 1: one who advocates absolutism