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

Saint-Simon knew that when kings embrace their own flattery, they open themselves to manipulation, and the writer viewed Louis XIV as an illusory absolutist who was in fact controlled by fawning scoundrels.

From Slate • May 30, 2025

She was a First Amendment absolutist when it came to humor, but comedy evolves and one generation’s daring hilarity is another’s insensitive cruelty.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

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

Yet, we have as little choice, as, let us say directly, the absolutist order.

From Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich