\Ab"so*lu`tist\, n.
1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic
   government.
2. (Metaph.) One who believes that it is possible to realize
   a cognition or concept of the absolute. --Sir. W.
   Hamilton.

\Ab"so*lu`tist\, a.
Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as,
absolutist principles.