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absoluteness

absoluteness

1 7.5
The state of being complete and having no limits
  • noun
  • /ˌæb.səˈluːt.nəs/
translation icon : absolutismo
  • The artist's work reflects an absoluteness that resonates with viewers, leaving no room for ambiguity.

Now notice what he's going to say here, the absoluteness of morality and the absoluteness of nature.

Examples

  • Now notice what he's going to say here, the absoluteness of morality and the absoluteness of nature.

  • (n17) Smith points out that in his unqualified absoluteness, the poet's assertion is effectively "the last word."

    Academic text (2005)
  • I sleep well in the absoluteness of his distinctions.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • But there is no unconditioned absoluteness in the suffering of Christ.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Initially, they have the force of absolute statements, of this-and-only-this; yet, given time, the absoluteness slowly gives way.

    Academic text (2014)
  • One of them spun down the stairs, not too fast, no, but with such consistency, such certainty, such absoluteness, that I never would have been able to catch up with her.

    Academic text (2007)
  • And the first postulate of free thought is that Nature is void of absoluteness, or has no being in se but only in the exigencies of our carnal understanding.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Instead of talking about truth, a term associated with the certainty and absoluteness as defined by the logocentric worldview, I prefer to talk about the resolution that different worlds provide in their interactions with the phenomena.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Such statements invoke the ideological absoluteness and, taking him at his word, the sometimes draconian tactics of the fundamentalist faiths he so opposes.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Bijoy has fallen asleep in Dilip's lap, limbs flung out in the absoluteness one sees sometimes in sleeping children, unfearing of the world, uncaring of it.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

entirety
vsabsoluteness
68 4.1

The whole of something that includes every part

emphasizes being without limits or exceptions rather than just whole
totality
vsabsoluteness
32 6.5

All the parts of something considered together

expresses no limits or exceptions beyond that whole amount
completeness
vsabsoluteness
7 4.2

The state of having everything needed

adds the idea of having no limitations or exceptions beyond parts
wholeness
vsabsoluteness
5 3.9

A feeling of being complete and not missing anything in life

goes further by denying limits or exceptions beyond unity
starkness
vsabsoluteness
1 6.5

A very strong, clear quality that makes something seem severe

is the general quality of having no limits or exceptions rather than sharpness
omnitude
vsabsoluteness
1 9.9

A state of being everything that exists

places more stress on having no exceptions or limits at all
unconditionality
vsabsoluteness
1 8.9

Being without conditions or limits

expresses general completeness and lack of exception rather than only lacking conditions
entireness
vsabsoluteness
7.1

A state of being whole and complete

focuses more on absence of limits or exceptions than on unity
exhaustiveness
vsabsoluteness
  • Formal
7.5

Being very thorough and covering all important details

is broader, adding lack of limits or exceptions beyond thoroughness
exhaustivity
vsabsoluteness
  • Formal
8.9

The state of being complete and leaving nothing out

includes the same fullness but stresses absence of limitations overall
allness
vsabsoluteness
9.9

A belief that one idea includes everything

adds that nothing is excluded by limitation or exception
boundlessness
vsabsoluteness
7.5

The quality of having no limits in space, time, or size

focuses on being whole and without exceptions rather than infinite extent
perfectivity
vsabsoluteness
  • Formal
9.9

A state of being complete and without fault

attaches philosophical ideality rather than simply denying exceptions
ultimateness
vsabsoluteness
9.9

The final, most extreme level of something

suggests lack of limits or exceptions beyond that final point
utterness
vsabsoluteness
9.9

A state that is complete and leaves no doubt

is the broader absence of limits or exceptions rather than mere intensity

Antonyms

63 3.5

A rule that controls how much or how many of something there can be

A state where something has missing parts or information

How Absolute

absoluteness
1 7.5
completeness
7 4.2
relativity
7 7.8
limitation
167 3.3

Surface Forms

absoluteness singular

Morphology

absoluteness = absolute (transparent) = absolute + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'absolute' with the productive suffix '-ness', preserving the core meaning.

Etymology

Absoluteness comes from the word absolute, which is made of ab- meaning 'away from' and the root solv meaning 'to loosen', which you can see in the common word solve. That idea of being 'set free' from ties or limits explains the modern meaning: absoluteness is being 'complete' and 'without any limit or exception'.