absolute
/'æbsəlu:t/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Complete and without restriction or qualification: Used to describe something that is total, unlimited, or unconditional.
- Not limited by law; having total power: Describing a ruler or system of government with unrestricted authority.
- Perfect, pure, or unmixed: Used to describe something in its most fundamental or unadulterated state.
- Expressing finality with no implication of possible change: Describing something that is definitive and not subject to alteration.
- Not capable of being violated or infringed: Describing rights or principles that are inviolable.
Noun:
- A fundamental principle or reality conceived as independent and not relative: Something that exists or is true without depending on anything else and is beyond human control.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- She demanded absolute silence during the exam.
- The dictator ruled with absolute power.
- This is absolute proof of his innocence.
- You have my absolute support in this matter.
- The bottle was labeled "absolute alcohol."
Noun:
- Philosophers have long debated the nature of the absolute.
- For him, justice was an absolute, not a relative concept.
Advanced Usage
- "absolute zero": The lowest theoretically possible temperature (0 Kelvin, -273.15°C).
- Scientists are studying matter near absolute zero.
- "absolute majority": A majority over all rivals combined; more than half.
- The party won an absolute majority in parliament.
- "absolute pitch": The ability to identify or sing a musical note without a reference tone.
- The composer was said to have absolute pitch.
Variants and Related Words
- Absolutely (adverb): Completely, totally, or without doubt.
- I absolutely agree with you.
- Absolutism (noun): A political doctrine or system where unlimited, complete power is held by a central authority.
- The history class covered the era of absolutism in Europe.
- Absolutist (noun/adjective): (A person) relating to or supporting absolute principles.
- He was an absolutist in matters of ethics.
Synonyms
- Complete: Having all necessary parts; entire.
- Total: Comprising the whole number or amount.
- Unconditional: Not subject to any conditions.
- Sheer: Nothing other than; unmitigated (e.g., ).
- Utter: Complete; absolute (often used for negative qualities, e.g., ).
Antonyms
- Relative: Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.
- Partial: Existing only in part; incomplete.
- Qualified: Limited or modified in some way.
- Conditional: Subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Absolute power corrupts absolutely: A saying meaning that unlimited power tends to make the person who has it corrupt.
- The scandal proved that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- In absolute terms: Considered independently, not in comparison to other things.
- In absolute terms, the cost is high, but it's worth the investment.
Adjective
- not capable of being violated or infringed
- infrangible human rights
- expressing finality with no implication of possible change
- an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority
- not limited by law
- an absolute monarch
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- absolute freedom
- an absolute dimwit
- a downright lie
- out-and-out mayhem
- an out-and-out lie
- a rank outsider
- many right-down vices
- got the job through sheer persistence
- sheer stupidity
- perfect or complete or pure
- absolute loyalty
- absolute silence
- absolute truth
- absolute alcohol
Noun
- something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative
- no mortal being can influence the absolute