absolutistic
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Abraham Lincoln was dogged by the absolutistic demands of Horace Greeley, William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, and he had more genuine charity than all of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
He believes that the church's structure ought to be revised in order to "transform our system of absolutistic authority into one based on mutual service and partnership."
From Time Magazine Archive
History shows how easily both quietists and fanatics have drawn inspiration from the absolutistic scheme.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
It means a real change of heart, a break with absolutistic hopes, when one takes up this inductive view of the conditions of belief.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
But the spirit of the Roman empire was too absolutistic to abandon the prerogative of a supervision of public worship.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
