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
Reason, and religion, 307-22; as director of life, 58-59; career of, 275-78; in absolutistic morality, 442.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
The more absolutistic philosophers dwell on so high a level of abstraction that they never even try to come down.
From Pragmatism by James, William
Using our old terms of comparison, we may say that the absolutistic scheme appeals to the tender-minded while the pluralistic scheme appeals to the tough.
From Pragmatism by James, William
