absolute monarchy

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absolute monarchy

noun absolute monarchies

  1. countable, uncountable A state over which a sole monarch has absolute and unlimited power. The kingdom [of Saudi Arabia] remains an absolute monarchy with few outlets for dissent, with public policy-making concentrated almost entirely in the hands of the ruling family.
  2. uncountable The rule of such a monarch, as a form of government. The attempted justification for the return of absolute monarchy is that the country was sliding into chaos because ceaseless in-fighting between political parties had allowed an eight-year-old Maoist insurgency to spread to virtually every corner of the country.

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noun state

Portuguêsmonarquia absoluta
Românămonarhie absolută

noun rule

Españolmonarquía absoluta
한국어전제군주제 jeonjegunjuje
日本語絶対君主制 zettai kunshusei
中文君主專制 /君主专制 jūnzhǔ zhuānzhì, 絕對君主制 /绝对君主制 juéduì jūnzhǔzhì
Portuguêsmonarquia absoluta
Françaismonarchie absolue
Deutschabsolute Monarchie
Românămonarhie absolută
Русскийабсолю́тная мона́рхия absoljútnaja monárxija
العربيةمَلَكِيَّة مُطْلَقَة malakiyya muṭlaqa

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@misc{absolute_monarchy_2026,
  title = {absolute monarchy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/absolute%20monarchy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}