absolutistic

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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

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

The acceptance of Buddhism by rulers in the Far East always meant also an attempt to create a more autocratic, absolutistic regime.

From A History of China by Eberhard, Wolfram

It is the absolutistic brand, spurning the dust and reared upon pure logic.

From Pragmatism by James, William

That temporally disastrous consequence is, from an absolutistic point of view, a totally irrelevant consideration, as is also the pain we feel Page 443 in telling the truth under such conditions.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin