absolutisme
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French absolutisme. Equivalent to absoluut + -isme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑp.soː.lyˈtɪs.mə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lu‧tis‧me
- Rhymes: -ɪsmə
Noun
absolutisme n (uncountable)
- (politics, historical, political science) absolutism (state or ideology in which the ruler is absolutely sovereign)
- (philosophy) absolutism (doctrine or philosophy involving metaphysical absolutes)
Related terms
- absolutist
- absolutistisch
- absoluut
Descendants
- → Indonesian: absolutisme
French
Etymology
From absolu + -isme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.sɔ.ly.tism/, /ap.sɔ.ly.tizm/
Audio (file)
Noun
absolutisme m (plural absolutismes)
- absolutism
Related terms
- absolutiste
- absolutistement
Descendants
- → Albanian: absolutizëm
- → Dutch: absolutisme
- → Norwegian: absolutisme
- → Romanian: absolutism
- → Russian: абсолютизм (absoljutizm)
- → Armenian: աբսոլյուտիզմ (absolyutizm)
- → Kazakh: абсолютизм (absolütizm)
Further reading
- “absolutisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed absolut + -isme, from Dutch absolutisme, from French absolutisme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [apsolʊtˈɪsmə]
- Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lut‧is‧mê
Noun
absolutismê (first-person possessive absolutismeku, second-person possessive absolutismemu, third-person possessive absolutismenya)
- absolutism:
- (politics) the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government.
- (philosophy) belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute..
Further reading
- “absolutisme” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
absolutt + -isme, from French absolutisme (“absolutism”), from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus (“concluded, absolute”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“complete, finish”), from both ab- (“from, off, away from”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from solvō (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”), from both sē- (“apart-, aside-, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ēd, the ablative singular of *s(w)é (“self”) + and from luō (“I untie, set free, separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Last part from French -isme (“-ism”), from Latin -isma, -ismus (“-ism”), from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós, forms abstract nouns), from -μός (-mós, forms abstract nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *-mos or *-mós (creates nouns).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absʊlʉˈtɪsmə/, /apsʊlʉˈtɪsmə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsmə
- Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lut‧is‧me
Noun
absolutisme m (definite singular absolutismen, indefinite plural absolutismer, definite plural absolutismene)
- (politics, political science) absolutism (the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government)
- 1959, Johan Falkberget, Kjærlighets veier, page 234:
- en gjærende mistru til kongen og absolutismen
- a fermenting distrust of the king and absolutism
- 1964, Lorentz Eckhoff, En verden, page 69:
- preg av absolutisme … arvet fra den lange rad av orientalske eller halvveis orientalske selvherskere
- traits of absolutism… inherited from the long line of oriental or semi-oriental self-rulers
- 1997, Trond Berg Eriksen, Egne veier, page 192:
- den franske hagen var en programerklæring for absolutismen. Den ville kontrollere hver minste kvist og gren
- the French Garden was a manifesto of absolutism. It would control every twig and branch
- 2014 November 30, aftenposten.no:
- på grunn av deres absolutisme anses [IS beklageligvis] som et uttrykk for den vaskeekte islam
- because of their absolutism, [IS unfortunately] is considered an expression of the true Islam
- Synonyms: enevelde, despoti
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- (philosophy) absolutism (belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute)
- 2014 November 28, Morgenbladet, page 37:
- forestillingen lykkes med [å] fremstille desperasjonen [som] kan oppstå hos en sekulær person i møtet med religiøs moralsk absolutisme
- the performance succeeds in [producing] the desperation [that] may arise in a secular person in the face of religious moral absolutism
- 2014 December 9, Vårt Land, page 16:
- [gjennom historien] har filosofene argumentert mot absolutisme og åpnet for unntak
- [throughout history] philosophers have argued against absolutism and called for exceptions
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Related terms
- absolutist (“absolutist”)
- absolutistisk (“absolutistic”)
- absolutt (“absolute”)
See also
- relativisme (“relativism”)
References
- “absolutisme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “absolutisme” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “absolutisme” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French absolutisme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑbsʊlʉˈtɪsmə/
Noun
absolutisme m (definite singular absolutismen, indefinite plural absolutismar, definite plural absolutismane)
- absolutism
Synonyms
- einevelde
Related terms
- absolutist
- absolutistisk
- absolutt
References
- “absolutisme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.