absoluteness

noun

Definition of absolutenessnext
as in completeness
the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification the absoluteness of my belief in God should be apparent

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Recent Examples of absoluteness In one note, Miles can play absoluteness. — Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026 The seeming absoluteness of scientific thinking may predispose many medical practitioners or public health workers to assume the populace trust them, that evidential claims naturally validate interventions — no further Q&A needed. — Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for absoluteness
  1. completeness
  2. entirety
  3. fullness
  4. wholeness
Noun
  • The latter skeleton set the standard with its impressive 90% completeness.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Collectors are becoming more discerning about legal title, provenance, completeness, and rarity.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of completeness
Noun
  • Located in its entirety at and over 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) above sea level, Lesotho sees a lot of snow — and skiing is growing in popularity here from a rare sport previously mainly associated with North America and the European Alps.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • For the entirety of the afternoon, the Argentinian futbol team played like the football team that calls this stadium home — the New York Jets.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
Definition of entirety
Noun
  • Stories of outlaws have been crucial to drawing out the fullness and intricacy of that picture.
    — Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026
  • These effects create a prolonged feeling of fullness that drives weight loss.
    — Liz Seegert, Scientific American, 19 July 2026
Definition of fullness
Noun
  • Beirut Fragments is less a memoir of survival than one of endurance, as survival implies an intactness on the far side of catastrophe—a wholeness that often exists only in the eyes of others.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
  • True growth happens when people give themselves permission to evolve beyond survival mode and begin leading from a place of purpose, wholeness and self-awareness.
    — Dr. Sharon H. Porter, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of wholeness

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“Absoluteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absoluteness. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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