absolute
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- noun
- /ˈæb.sə.luːt/
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absoluto
- The concept of the absolute in philosophy refers to a reality that exists independently of our perceptions.
- divine absolutes
- universal absolutes
There are very few absolutes in psychology.
- There are very few absolutes in psychology.
Examples
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For Hegel, the absolute is the end of all things, while for Bradley it is just the beginning.
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Next, he'll be lecturing us on moral absolutes.
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Space between the individual and community is no longer an absolute of distance.
Academic text (1998) -
So he says it is the absolute pure will of all.
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For the other type, the Absolute is the whole of things somehow equally present in each of its parts.
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Engage in discovery and know that no truth is so absolute it cannot be challenged.
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The pantheist of our type will not regard God or the Absolute as a person.
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Everything in between is relative to those absolutes, which comprise the truth.
Fiction book (1998) -
But the encyclical makes an absolute of its position, and this has obscured its value for many Catholics.
Academic text (1994) -
But over the years, I've come to believe that the truth is created through the integration of different points of view, and there are no absolutes, whether moral or epistemological.
Antonyms
Compounds
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The lowest possible temperature when tiny particles almost stop moving
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Temperature measured from absolute zero and shown on the Kelvin scale
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How bright a star really is if it were 10 parsecs, about 32 light years, away
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A rare ability to name or sing a musical note without any other note to compare
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Space that exists by itself and stays the same no matter what is in it
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A short Latin phrase with a noun and a verb form that gives background information separate from the main sentence
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A measure of how far a data value is from the average or middle value
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The highest height at which a plane can still fly level using its engines
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A count of how many times something appears in one category of data
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A device that always shows the exact position of a rotating part even after a power outage
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Music without words that has no story and focuses on its sound and structure
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A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero, with zero as the lowest possible temperature
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The weakest amount of something that a person or animal can notice with their senses
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A unit of pressure measured from complete vacuum and equal to the air pressure at sea level
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A number that shows the typical distance of numbers in a set from their middle value
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Full ownership of a house or land that you can sell and leave to someone
How True
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun absolute also shares the Latin parts ab- 'away' and solvere 'to loosen', so an absolute is something 'loosened from' everything else. That's why in philosophy the absolute means an independent, final reality that is not relative to anything else.