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Absolutism may refer to:
Government
Philosophy
General philosophy
Absolutism , the view that facts are absolute rather than merely relative (sometimes called "universality")
Ethics
Moral absolutism , the belief in absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, regardless of context
Graded absolutism , the view that a moral absolute, such as "Do not kill", can be greater or lesser than another moral absolute, such as "Do not lie"
Hegelian philosophy
Absolute (philosophy) , the Hegelian concept of an objective and unconditioned reality, said to underlie perceived objects
Absolute idealism , an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G. W. F. Hegel
Physics
Psychology
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