absolute monarch

American  

[ab-suh-loot mahn-erk, mahn-ahrk] / ˈæb səˌlut ˈmɑn ərk, ˈmɑn ɑrk /

noun

1. the ruler in an absolute monarchy; a monarch with no constitutional limits on power.

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Example Sentences

For Hobbes, the state of nature was so violent and chaotic that rational individuals would readily consent to the authority of an absolute monarch to establish law and order.

From Slate • May 9, 2024

Like a monarch, she is identified with the state, and like an absolute monarch, she identifies the state with herself.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2024

And the sultan of Brunei, an absolute monarch who imposes a hard-line interpretation of Islam, will also be among the guests.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

As an absolute monarch, Francis wields supreme legislative, executive and judicial power in Vatican City.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2021

Since the Inca bureaucracy was so strongly identified with its godlike absolute monarch, it disintegrated after Atahuallpa’s death.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond