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Absolutism, the political doctrine and practice of unlimited centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested especially in a monarch or dictator. The essence of an absolutist system is that the ruling power is not subject to regularized challenge or check by any other agency or institution.
The proverbial saying ‘power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely’ conveys the opinion that, as a person’s power increases, their moral sense diminishes. Origin – the short version “Absolute power corrupts absolutely” is the best known quotation of the 19th century British politician Lord Acton.
1. a. : a political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers. b. : government by an absolute ruler or authority : despotism. 2. : advocacy of a rule by absolute standards or principles. 3. : an absolute standard or principle.
Mar 29, 2022 · Hulton Archive/Getty Images. By. Robert Longley. Updated on March 29, 2022. Absolutism is a political system in which a single sovereign ruler or leader holds complete and unrestrained power over a country.
absolutism, Political doctrine and practice of unlimited, centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, especially as vested in a monarch. Its essence is that the ruling power is not subject to regular challenge or check by any judicial, legislative, religious, economic, or electoral agency.
Absolute power, thus, is the sovereign’s ultimate instrument of equity. Keywords: sovereignty, absolute power, equity, absolution, plenitude of power, legislation, abrogation, derogation, binding, releasing. Subject. Public International Law History of Law. Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online.
: being, governed by, or characteristic of a ruler or authority completely free from constitutional or other restraint. absolute power. 3. : having no restriction, exception, or qualification. an absolute requirement. absolute freedom. 4. : positive, unquestionable.
