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Definition: Absolutist |
AbsolutistAdjective1. Pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism. Noun1. One who advocates absolutism. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "absolutist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
Synonym: AbsolutistSynonym: absolutistic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Absolutist |
| Specialty definitions using "absolutist": computer ethics. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Absolutist" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (absolutist), German (absolutist), Romanian (absolutist), Swedish (absolutist, abstainer, teetotaller, total abstainer). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Mexico | He declared that the era of the absolutist presidency had ended, and that he would continue to strengthen the judicial and the legislative branches. (references) |
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| "Absolutist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.96% of the time. "Absolutist" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.96% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 49 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "absolutist": anti-absolutist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
absolutist | 74 |
absolutist game | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "absolutist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | absolutist. (various references) | |
Arabic | المؤيد للحكم المطلق, المؤيد للإستبداد, الطاغيةأوالطاغي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | абсолютист, привърженик на абсолютизма. (various references) | |
French | absolutiste. (various references) | |
German | absolutist. (various references) | |
Greek | απόλυτοσ (absolute, categorical, dead, perfect, plenary, sheer, strict, unconditional, unqualified, utter), απολυτιστήσ, απολυταρχικόσ (absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, totalitarian). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חסי" אבסולוטיות. (various references) | |
Italian | assolutista, assoltista. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 絶対主義者 (an absolutist). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜったいしゅぎしゃ (an absolutist). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | absolutistay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | absolutista. (various references) | |
Romanian | absolutist. (various references) | |
Russian | сторонник абсолютизма, абсолютист абсолютистский. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | apsolutista (absolute ruler). (various references) | |
Spanish | absolutista (absolutistic). (various references) | |
Swedish | absolutist (abstainer, teetotaller, total abstainer). (various references) | |
Turkish | mutlâkiyetçi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | прихильник абсолютизму. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "absolutist": absolutistic, absolutists. (additional references) | |
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"Absolutist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: absolutest, assolutas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "absolutist" (pronounced absuluw"tust) |
| 4 | -t u s t | anesthetist, apprenticed, artist, bluntest, brightest, clarinetist, cornettist, cultist, dentist, elitist, faintest, fastest, fattest, fittest, greatest, hottest, latest, leftist, librettist, lightest, neatest, neuroscientist, noticed, orthodontist, quietest, quietist, remotest, rightist, scientist, separatist, shortest, slightest, smartest, softest, strictest, sweetest, swiftest, tightest, unnoticed, wettest, whitest. |
| 3 | -u s t | agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, accompanist, ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, activist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cyclist, darkest, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hugest, humblest, humorist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, laziest, leanest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neediest, neurologist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-o-s-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: subtotals. | |
-2 letters: altoists, bailouts, outlasts, outsails, subtotal, taboulis, tubaists. | |
-3 letters: altoist, bailout, buttals, lutists, oblasti, oblasts, outlast, outsail, outsits, sublots, subsoil, tabouli, tabulis, tissual, tubaist, tubists. | |
-4 letters: assoil, basils, biotas, blasts, bloats, boasts, lutist, oblast, outsat, outsit, sabots, saults, status, stilts, stoats, stouts, subito, sublot, suttas, tabuli, toasts, totals, tubist, tussal. | |
-5 letters: aboil, about, abuts. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-o-s-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: absolutists. | |
+2 letters: absolutistic, sublittorals. | |
+3 letters: automobilists, blastulations, noctambulists. | |
+4 letters: consubstantial, substitutional, subtilizations. | |
+5 letters: streptobacillus, subproletariats. | |
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