absolutists
No-exception thinkers
Absolutists hold that certain principles, values, or truths are fixed and unconditional.
In philosophy, moral absolutists believe some actions are inherently right or wrong regardless of circumstances.
In politics, absolutists may support unlimited governmental authority or refuse compromise on particular issues: The absolutists in the party rejected any negotiation on the bill.
Sole wielder of power
- despotRuler with absolute power
- tyrantCruel, absolute ruler
- dictatorRuler with total control
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
totalitarian · monarch · sovereign · ruler · regime · oppression · censorship · centralization
Unable to bend
- rigidUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
obstinate · intransigent · implacable · unrelenting · steadfast · resolute · staunch · hardline
One holding fixed beliefs
- puristOne demanding strict adherence
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
doctrinaire · idealist · objectivist · universalist · essentialist · moralist · literalist · maximalist
autocrat
Sole wielder of power
authoritarian · totalitarian · monarch · sovereign · ruler · regime · oppression · censorship · centralization · police state
inflexible
Unable to bend
- rigidUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
adamant · obstinate · intransigent · implacable · unrelenting · steadfast · resolute · staunch · hardline · unswerving
dogmatist
One holding fixed beliefs
- puristOne demanding strict adherence
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- extremistOne holding fringe views
zealot · doctrinaire · idealist · objectivist · universalist · essentialist · moralist · literalist · maximalist · perfectionist
- fundamentalistsfundamentalists, true believers, zealots, literalists, dogmatists
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- Royalistsmonarchists, monarchist, royalists, royalist, loyalists
- Tsaristsroyalists, Nicholas II, Romanov, White Army, Imperial Guard
- Peninsular WarWellington, Duke of Wellington, guerrilla warfare, guerrillas, Portugal
absolutistsmoderates
Reduces intensity or extremity
compromisers · pragmatists · centrists · fence-sitters · trimmers
absolutistsrelativists
Deniers of absolute truth
pluralists · postmodernists · pragmatists · consequentialists · nihilists
absolutistspragmatists
Those valuing practical results
moderates · centrists · realists · compromisers · reformists