enlightened absolutism

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enlightened absolutism (countable and uncountable, plural enlightened absolutisms)

  1. (politics, philosophy) The policies of an absolute monarch who is influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment.
    Synonyms: enlightened despotism, benevolent absolutism

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