Definitions for absoluteness
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ab•so•luteˈæb səˌlut, ˌæb səˈlut(adj.)
being fully or perfectly as indicated; complete; perfect.
free from restriction, limitation, or exception:
absolute power; absolute freedom.
outright; unqualified:
an absolute lie; an absolute denial.
unrestrained in the exercise of governmental power; not limited by laws or a constitution:
an absolute monarchy.
Category: Government
viewed independently; not comparative or relative; ultimate:
absolute knowledge.
positive; certain; definite:
absolute in opinion; absolute proof.
not mixed or adulterated; pure.
relatively independent syntactically in relation to other elements in a sentence, as the construction It being Sunday in (of a usu. transitive verb) used without an object, as give in (of an adjective or possessive pronoun) used alone, with the noun that is modified understood but not expressed, as hungry in to feed the hungry or mine in
It being Sunday, I wasn't at work.
Please give generously.
Take mine.
Category: Grammar
Physics. independent of arbitrary standards or of particular properties of substances or systems: pertaining to a system of units, as the centimeter-gram-second system, based on some primary units, esp. units of length, mass, and time. pertaining to a measurement based on an absolute zero or unit, as in the absolute temperature scale.
absolute humidity.
Category: Physics
Math. (of an inequality) indicating that the expression is true for all values of the variable, as x2+ 1 > 0 for all real numbers
x.
Category: Math
(n.)something that is not dependent upon external conditions for existence or for its specific nature, size, etc.
Ref: (opposed to relative ).
the absolute, something that is free from any restriction or condition. something that is independent of some or all relations. something that is perfect or complete.
Origin of absolute:
1350–1400; ME < L absolūtus complete, finished, unqualified, ptp. of absolvere to release; see absolve
ab`so•lute′ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
starkness, absoluteness, utterness(noun)
the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
"the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"
absoluteness(noun)
the quality of being absolute
"the absoluteness of the pope's decree could not be challenged"
Wiktionary
absoluteness(Noun)
The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness.
absoluteness(Noun)
Absolute authority, unlimited power; despotism.
absoluteness(Noun)
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
absoluteness(Noun)
Independent autonomy.
Webster Dictionary
Absoluteness(noun)
the quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness
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