absolutism

noun5

1. •
   Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
2. •
   The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.

   • The element of absolutism and prelacy was more controlling in the counsels of the rival corporation. — 1859
3. •
   (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.

   • It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him. — 2003
4. •
   Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
5. •
   Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.