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  The term Absolutism may refer to:
  • Absolute idealism
    Absolute idealism

    File:Hegel portrait by Schlesinger 1831.jpgAbsolute idealism is an ontology monistic philosophy attributed to G. W. F. Hegel. It is Hegel's account of how being is ultimately comprehensible as an all-inclusive whole....
    , an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G.W.F. Hegel. It is Hegel's account of how being is ultimately comprehensible as an all-inclusive whole.
  • Absolute monarchy
    Absolute monarchy

    Absolute monarchy is a monarchy form of government where the king or queen has absolute power over all aspects of his/her subjects' lives. Although some religious authorities may be able to discourage the monarch from some acts and the sovereign is expected to act according to custom, in an absolute monarchy there is no constitution or legal...
    , a form of government where the monarch has the power to rule their land freely, with no laws or legally-organized direct opposition in force
  • Absolute space
    Philosophy of space and time

    Philosophy of space and time is the branch of philosophy concerned with the issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology, and character of space and time....
    , a theory holding that space exists absolutely, in contrast to relationalism, which holds that space exists only as relations between objects
  • Absolute truth
    Universality (philosophy)

    In philosophy, universalism is a doctrine or school claiming universal facts can be discovered and is therefore understood as being in opposition to relativism....
    , the contention that in a particular domain of thought, all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false
  • Absolutism (European history)
    Absolutism (European history)

    Absolutism is a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by any other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites....
    , a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by any other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites
  • Autocracy
    Autocracy

    An autocracy is a form of government in which the political power is held by a single, self-appointed ruler. The term autocrat is derived from the Greek language word 'a?t????t?? ....
     (also known as 'political absolutism'), a political theory which argues that one person should hold all power
  • Enlightened absolutism
    Enlightened absolutism

    Enlightened absolutism is a form of absolute monarchy or despotism in which rulers were influenced by the Age of Enlightenment. Enlightened monarchs embraced the principles of the Enlightenment, especially its emphasis upon rationality, and applied them to their territories....
    , a term used to describe the actions of absolute rulers who were influenced by the Enlightenment (eighteenth and early nineteenth century Europe)
  • Moral absolutism
    Moral absolutism

    Moral absolutism is the meta-ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, devoid of the context of the act. Thus lying, for instance, might be considered to be always immoral, even if done to promote some other good ....
    , the position that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are good or evil, regardless of the context of the act
Absolutism art can be found in surrealism. But is not common