different between scepticism vs absolutism

English

Etymology

From Latin *scepticus, only in plural Sceptici (“the sect of Skeptics”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (skeptikós, “thoughtful, inquiring”), from ????????? (sképtomai, “I consider”), compare to ?????? (skopé?, “I view, examine”).

Noun

scepticism (countable and uncountable, plural scepticisms)

1. (British spelling) alternative form of skepticism

   • When, across the hundredfold poor scepticisms, trivialisms and constitutional cobwebberies of Dryasdust, you catch any glimpse of a William the Conqueror, a Tancred of Hauteville or suchlike, — do you not discern veritably some rude outline of a true God-made King […] ?

Related terms

• sceptic
• sceptical

Romanian

Etymology

From French scepticisme

Noun

scepticism n (uncountable)

1. skepticism

Declension

English

Etymology

First attested in 1753 (in the theological sense); attested in 1830 in the political sense. From absolute +? -ism after French absolutisme.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æb.s?.lu?.t?z.m?/, /?æb.s?.lju?.t?z.m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.s??lu?t?z.m?/, /?æb.s??lju?t?z.m?/

Noun

absolutism (countable and uncountable, plural absolutisms)

1. (theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
2. (political science) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]
3. (philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]
4. Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
5. (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.

Hyponyms

• moral absolutism

Translations

References

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French absolutisme.

Noun

absolutism n (uncountable)

1. absolutism

Swedish

Etymology

absolut +? -ism

Noun

absolutism c (uncountable)

1. absolute monarchy (as a form of government), dictatorship
2. the principle of abstaining from alcohol

Declension

See also

• nykterhet
• nykterism
• absolutist

References

• absolutism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)