1.
[syn: starkness, absoluteness, utterness]
2. the quality of being absolute;
- Example: "the absoluteness of the pope's decree could not be challenged"
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"