Definition of "nonabsolutist"

If it is nonabsolutist, then there has to be some way to extract concessions about the permissibility of torture; such is a conceptual requirement of nonabsolutist theories.

2012, Fritz Allhoff, Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture, page 121

Therefore, in addition to noting the similarities between the "new Nietzsche" and nonabsolutist institutionalism, we want to show briefly what, specifically, a reading of Nietzsche adds to the institutionalist treatment of values.

2016, David F. Ruccio, Jack Amariglio, Postmodern Moments in Modern Economics, page 213

As absolutism became more consolidated in Europe, and particularly in France, such nonabsolutist states tended to define themselves in opposition to their absolutist rivals: hence, those features of their government which differed from absolutism tended to be given special prominence.

2019, John Gascoigne, Science and the State, page 54