Meanings
plural absolutenesses
- obsoleteuncountableusuallyThe fact of being finished or perfected; completeness.First known use Attested from the mid 16ᵗʰ century until the 17ᵗʰ century.
- 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 - uncountableusuallyThe fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.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
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
- Latinse-
- Latinluō
- Latinsolvō
- Latinabsolvō
- Latinabsolūtus
- Middle Frenchabsolut
- Middle Englishabsolut
- Englishabsolute
- Englishabsoluteness
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
Cite this entry
absoluteness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absoluteness
“absoluteness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absoluteness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “absoluteness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absoluteness.
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