'''{{stub}}There are three definitions for '''Absolutism '' in the [[Merriam-Websters Webster]]'s Dictionary:
1 a <ol><li><ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"><li>a political [[theory ]] that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers b : [[ruler]]s<li>[[government ]] by an absolute ruler or [[authority ]]: DESPOTISM[[Despotism]]2 : </ol><li>advocacy of a rule by absolute standards [[standard]]s or principles[[principle]]s3 : <li>an absolute standard or principle'''</ol>