Etymology
absolutt + -ist, first part 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 -iste (“-ist, -istic”), from Latin -ista (“-ist; one who practises or believes”), from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), alternative form of -τής (-tḗs), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ (forms nouns representing state of being).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absʊlʉˈtɪst/, /apsʊlʉˈtɪst/
- Rhymes: -ɪst
- Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lut‧ist
Noun
absolutist m (definite singular absolutisten, indefinite plural absolutister, definite plural absolutistene)
- (politics, political science) an absolutist (one who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government)
1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter III, page 43:absolutisternes rædselsgjerninger og forfølgelser mod de liberale [i Spania]- the atrocities of the absolutists and the persecution of the liberals [in Spain]
2004 July 9, Morgenbladet:konferansen blir avbrutt av … primitivistiske studenter og religiøse absolutister- the conference is interrupted by… primitivist students and religious absolutists