absolute monarchy

[ab-suh-loot mon-er-kee]

noun

1. a monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution.

absolute monarchy

noun

1. a monarchy without constitutional limits Compare constitutional monarchy

absolute monarchy

1. Rule by one person — a monarch, usually a king or a queen — whose actions are restricted neither by written law nor by custom; a system different from a constitutional monarchy and from a republic. Absolute monarchy persisted in France until 1789 and in Russia until 1917.

Other Word Forms

• absolute monarch noun

Example Sentences

Eswatini, the last absolute monarchy in Africa, has not commented on the arrival of the flight.

From BBC

Its founder is a software developer and political blogger named Curtis Yarvin, who has advocated replacing a “failed” democratic system with an absolute monarchy.

From Salon

Dubai is ruled as an absolute monarchy, with a hereditary royal family at the head of government, and was found by Amnesty international to jail political prisoners.

From BBC

Desert X is still co-organizing installations there, in what is a blatant case of art-washing to polish the soiled international reputation of a murderous, absolute monarchy where free expression is forbidden.

From Los Angeles Times

Mlungisi Makhanya, 46, has been living in exile in neighbouring South Africa for the last two years, saying he fears for his life at home following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Africa's last remaining absolute monarchy.

From BBC