absoluteness

English

Etymology

From absolute +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈab.sə.luːt.nəs/, /ab.səˈluːt.nəs/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut.nəs/

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Noun

absoluteness (usually uncountable, plural absolutenesses)

1. (obsolete) The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the 17^th century.]
2. The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.

   the absoluteness of his sovereignty, the absoluteness of his convictions

3. Absolute authority, unlimited power; absolutism, despotism. [First attested in the 16^th century.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 228:

     I know no man that could produce more parts, both naturall and artificiall, fit to preserve his masterie, and to maintaine his absolutenesse, than he doth; yet is hee cleane falne from them like a childe.

4. The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality. [First attested in the 17^th century.]
5. Independent autonomy. [First attested in the 17^th century.]

Synonyms

• unconditionality
• unlimitedness
• certainty

Antonyms

• conditionality
• limitedness
• relativity

Translations

the fact free from any conditions or other beings

• Bulgarian: абсолю́тност f (absoljútnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絕對 / 绝对 (zh) (juéduì)

• Dutch: absoluutheid (nl) m, volstrektheid m, onbeperktheid m
• Finnish: ehdottomuus (fi)
• German: Absolutheit (de) f
• Irish: absalóideacht f
• Italian: assolutezza (it) f
• Japanese: 絶対 (ja) (ぜったい, zettai), 絶対性 (ぜったいせい, zettaisei), 無条件 (ja) (むじょうけん, mujōken)
• Kazakh: абсолюттік (absolüttık)
• Manx: ard-phooaralys m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absolutthet (no) m or f

• Polish: absolutność (pl) f
• Portuguese: absoluteza (pt) f
• Russian: абсолю́тность (ru) f (absoljútnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: iomlanachd f, dligheachas m