different between absolutist vs nativist

English

Alternative forms

• (adjective): absolutistic

Etymology

From absolute +? -ist after French absolutiste.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.s??lu?.t?st/, /?æb.s??lju?.t?st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.s??lu.t?st/

Noun

absolutist (plural absolutists)

1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
2. (metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

   • the unitarian — whether materialist, idealist , or absolutist

3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]

Translations

Adjective

absolutist (comparative more absolutist, superlative most absolutist)

1. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Derived terms

• absolutistic
• absolutistical
• absolutistically

Translations

References

• absolutist at OneLook Dictionary Search
• absolutist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Spanish absolutista, because the word was initially used for Spanish absolutists during the Ominous Decade. Equivalent to absoluut +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p.so?.ly?t?st/
• Hyphenation: ab?so?lu?tist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

absolutist m (plural absolutisten)

1. (politics, historical, political science) absolutist (adherent of the absolute sovereignty of rulers) [from 1820s]
2. (philosophy) absolutist (one believing in metaphysical absolutes)

Derived terms

• absolutistisch

Related terms

• absolutisme
• absoluut

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

absolutt +? -ist, first part from Latin absol?tus (“concluded, absolute”), perfect passive participle of absolv? (“complete, finish”), from ab- (“from, away from”) +? solv? (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”). Second part from French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -????? (-ist?s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abs?l??t?st/, /aps?l??t?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: ab?so?lut?ist

Noun

absolutist m (definite singular absolutisten, indefinite plural absolutister, definite plural absolutistene)

1. (politics, political science) an absolutist (one who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government)

Related terms

• absolutisme (“absolutism”)
• absolutistisk (“absolutistic”)
• absolutt (“absolute”)

References

• “absolutist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “absolutist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Romanian

Etymology

From French absolutiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.so.lu?tist/

Adjective

absolutist m or n (feminine singular absolutist?, masculine plural absoluti?ti, feminine and neuter plural absolutiste)

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Declension

Swedish

Etymology

absolut +? -ist, since 1825. In the sense of abstinence since 1842.

Noun

absolutist c

1. a teetotaller; a person who completely abstains from alcohol
2. an absolutist; a supporter of absolutism, despotism, dictatorship

Declension

Related terms

• absolutistisk

See also

• nykterist

Further reading

• absolutist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

native +? -ist

Noun

nativist (plural nativists)

1. An advocate of nativism.

Anagrams

• visitant