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autocracy 1. government by an individual with unrestricted authority 2. the unrestricted authority of such an individual 3. a country, society, etc., ruled by an autocrat How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The renewed political absolutism will no doubt have its impact on the Orthodox Church whose Patriarch has acted all along as the head of a department of state as has been the historical tradition in Russia, especially from Peter the Great (1672-1725) onu'ards. 9) In 1863 Acton reiterated that the Church never opposed slavery in principle and that the institution of slavery in which "certain definite rights are lost" was less objectionable than a state of political absolutism, such as Northern mass democracy, where "no rights are assured to the subject. Perhaps the Democratic Party leadership needs to assess how its unusual adherence to a strange combination of political absolutism and moral relativism on these life issues has contributed to its gradual decline. |
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