absolute authority

collocation in English

meaningsofabsoluteandauthority

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absolute
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The strict style lost its aura ofabsoluteauthorityand was written into a linear model of history.
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The critique of law by feminists, critical race scholars and postmodernists in the past few decades, has shown that law has noabsoluteauthority.
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Both began to question theabsoluteauthorityof external reality.
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Negative evaluation here occurs largely in the context of flat statements of fact, presented with the ring ofabsoluteauthority.
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It is true that a police constable can, in certain circumstances, be dismissed, but there is noabsoluteauthorityin anybody to dismiss him.
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He has led men throughout the whole of his career and is, in my view, a man ofabsoluteauthorityin this matter.
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It is not anabsoluteauthorityfor the payment, but is an insulation from the activities of the district auditor.
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We can do it only byabsoluteauthority.
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One of the difficulties is that none of us has anyabsoluteauthority.
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It suggests that one man hasabsoluteauthorityand that his orders will be obeyed.
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I agree that it may be argued that there they should haveabsoluteauthorityto decide what may or may not be done.
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It is difficult for anyone to speak withabsoluteauthorityon the issue.
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Of course, he can speak withabsoluteauthorityupon that.
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No local planning authority in the country has suchabsoluteauthority.
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We must always retainabsoluteauthorityover policing matters.
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They must haveabsoluteauthorityover when cleaning is required or when mess has to be cleared up.
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The people who appoint the commissioners will clearly haveabsoluteauthority.
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Apart from this accepted legislative function, the club has noabsoluteauthorityde jureorde factoover the game as a whole.
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Here the local authorities haveabsoluteauthority.
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