Absolutism may refer to:
Government Absolutism (European history), period c. 1610 – c. 1789 in Europe Enlightened absolutism, influenced by the Enlightenment (18th- and early 19th-century Europe) Absolute monarchy, in which a monarch rules free of laws or legally organized opposition Autocracy, a political theory which argues that one person should hold all power Tsarist autocracy, is a form of autocracy (later absolute monarchy) specific to Russia
Philosophy General philosophy Absolutism, the view that facts are absolute rather than merely relative (sometimes called "universality")
Ethics Moral absolutism, the belief in absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, regardless of context Graded absolutism, the view that a moral absolute, such as "Do not kill", can be greater or lesser than another moral absolute, such as "Do not lie"
Hegelian philosophy Absolute (philosophy), the Hegelian concept of an objective and unconditioned reality, said to underlie perceived objects Absolute idealism, an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G. W. F. Hegel
Physics Absolute theory, in physics Absolute space, a theory that space exists absolutely; contrast with relationalism
Psychology Splitting (psychology), also called black-and-white thinking or all-or-nothing thinking