ab·so·lut·ism (b s-l t z m) n. 1. a. A political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler or other authority. b. A form of government in which all power is ...
Absolutism or The Age of Absolutism (c. 1610-c.1789) is a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by any other institutions, such ...