absoluteness

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UK/ˈab.sə.luːt.nəs/UK/ab.səˈluːt.nəs/US/ˈæb.səˌlut.nəs/

noun

The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness.

“the absoluteness of his sovereignty, the absoluteness of his convictions”

RareFirst used Attested from the mid 16ᵗʰ century until the 17ᵗʰ century.Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounabsoluteness (usually uncountable, plural absolutenesses)

plural absolutenesses

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyThe fact of being finished or perfected; completeness.First known use Attested from the mid 16ᵗʰ century until the 17ᵗʰ century.
  2. uncountableusuallyThe characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.

    the absoluteness of his sovereignty, the absoluteness of his convictions

  3. uncountableusuallyAbsolute authority, unlimited power; absolutism, despotism.First known use First attested in the 16ᵗʰ century.

    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.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 228
  4. uncountableusuallyThe fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.First known use First attested in the 17ᵗʰ century.
  5. uncountableusuallyIndependent autonomy.First known use First attested in the 17ᵗʰ century.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being complete or utter or extreme

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinab
  2. Latinab-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
  4. Latinse-
  5. Latinluō
  6. Latinsolvō
  7. Latinabsolvō
  8. Latinabsolūtus
  9. Middle Frenchabsolut
  10. Middle Englishabsolut
  11. Englishabsolute
  12. Englishabsoluteness

From absolute + -ness.

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Translations

Bulgarian абсолю́тност
  • абсолю́тност (absoljútnost)the fact free from any conditions or other beings
Chinese Mandarin 絕對 /绝对
  • 絕對 /绝对 (juéduì)the fact free from any conditions or other beings
Danish absoluthed
  • absoluthedthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
Dutch absoluutheid, volstrektheid
  • absoluutheidthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
  • volstrektheidthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
  • onbeperktheidthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
Finnish ehdottomuus
  • ehdottomuusthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
German Absolutheit
  • Absolutheitthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
Irish absalóideacht
  • absalóideachtthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
Italian assolutezza
  • assolutezzathe fact free from any conditions or other beings
Japanese 絶対, 絶対性
  • 絶対 (zettai)the fact free from any conditions or other beings
  • 絶対性 (zettaisei)the fact free from any conditions or other beings
  • 無条件 (mujōken)the fact free from any conditions or other beings
Norwegian Bokmål absolutthet
  • absolutthetthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
Polish absolutność
  • absolutnośćthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
Portuguese absoluteza
  • absolutezathe fact free from any conditions or other beings
Russian абсолю́тность
  • абсолю́тность (absoljútnostʹ)the fact free from any conditions or other beings
Scottish Gaelic iomlanachd, dligheachas
  • iomlanachdthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
  • dligheachasthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
Spanish absolutez, absolutidad
  • absolutezthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
  • absolutidadthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
  • absolutividadthe fact free from any conditions or other beings
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APA

absoluteness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absoluteness

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“absoluteness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absoluteness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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