relationless

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adjective

Without relations.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English relation →
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Meanings

adjectiverelationless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout relations.

    A relationless chaos is after all nothing else than a system of relations thought of without relations!

    1905, Howard Jason Rogers, Hugo Münsterburg, Congress of Arts and Science
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    A passive relationless identity excludes love and action, but this larger and richer oneness fulfils itself by works and by a pure emotion...

    1995, Sri Aurobindo, Aurobindo Ghose, Essays on the Gita

Origin

  1. Englishrelation
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishrelationless

From relation + -less.

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APA

relationless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relationless

MLA

“relationless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relationless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relationless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relationless.

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