absolutist

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Now Musk, who has called himself a free-speech absolutist, while also vowing to take a hard line on child exploitation, faces growing calls for enforcement around the world and in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

This evokes the absolutist rhetoric of Louis XIV’s worst sycophants, which Saint-Simon despised.

From Slate • May 30, 2025

But he lifted the ban after he took over, saying at the time that he was "against censorship that goes far beyond the law", and labelled himself a "free speech absolutist".

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024

Despite Thomas’ well-known penchant for absolutist, first-principle opinions, however, even he stopped short of endorsing the theory Cannon adopts, noting with uncharacteristic tentativeness that he was “not sure” whether Smith’s office was “established by law.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

Thus when Louis XIV. took into his own hands the government of France, the absolutist principle was triumphant all over Europe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various