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ABSOLUTENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being absolute
Example:
the absoluteness of the pope's decree could not be challenged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("absoluteness" is a kind of...):
changelessness; unchangeability; unchangeableness; unchangingness (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)
Derivation:
absolute (perfect or complete or pure)
absolute (not capable of being violated or infringed)
absolute (complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers)
absolute (not limited by law)
absolute (expressing finality with no implication of possible change)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being complete or utter or extreme
Example:
the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections
Synonyms:
absoluteness; starkness; utterness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("absoluteness" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; limit (the greatest possible degree of something)
