There are three definitions for '''Absolutism''' in the [[Merriam-Webster]]'s Dictionary:
<ol><li><ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li>##a political [[theory]] that absolute power should be vested in one or more [[ruler]]s<li>##[[government]] by an absolute ruler or [[authority]]: [[Despotism]]</ol><li>#advocacy of a rule by absolute [[standard]]s or [[principle]]s<li>#an absolute standard or principle</ol>[[Category:government]]