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ab·so·lute pow·er
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absolute powernoun
Complete authority to act in an area, not restrained by supervision or review.
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Absolute Power
Absolute Power is a British comedy series, set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company in London, run by Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe. It started in 2000 on BBC Radio 4, with the fourth and last radio series broadcast in 2004. A six-part television series ran on BBC Two towards the end of 2003; the second six-episode television series ran on BBC Two on Thursdays at 10 pm from 21 July to 25 August 2005. A one-off radio episode was broadcast on 3 November 2006. The title is taken from a quotation by the historian Lord Acton that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely".
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of absolute power in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of absolute power in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of absolute power in a Sentence
Absolute power is the power to destroy.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed.
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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