absolutist

/ˈæb.səˌluː.tɪst/

Etymology

From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste.

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising.“The best and the worst features of the communal regime are illustrated in the resistance of the Lombard cities to Frederic Barbarossa, the first Emperor who formulated and applied to Italy a scheme of absolutist government.”

noun

  1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
  2. One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.“the unitarian — whether materialist, idealist, or absolutist”
  3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.“The billionaire tech mogul, who has described himself as a free speech absolutist, introduced a new red line this week after he claimed that a car carrying one of his children was accosted by a “crazy stalker.””