absoluteness

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absoluteness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Absoluteness \Ab"so*lute*ness\, n.
     The quality of being absolute; independence of everything
     extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent
     reality; positiveness.
     [1913 Webster]

absoluteness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  absoluteness
      n 1: the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the
           starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was
           open to many objections" [syn: starkness, absoluteness,
           utterness]
      2: the quality of being absolute; "the absoluteness of the
         pope's decree could not be challenged"