Adjective

absolute (comparative more absolute or (rarely) absoluter, superlative most absolute or (rarely) absolutest)

Positive absolute

Comparative more absolute or (rarely) absoluter

Superlative most absolute or (rarely) absolutest

  1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command.
    • 1962, Hannah Arendt, On Revolution, (1990), page 155
      [T]he more absolute the ruler, the more absolute the revolution will be which replaces him.
  2. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless.
    absolute perfection
    absolute beauty
    • So absolute she seems, And in herself complete. —John Milton
  3. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; — opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
    Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.
  4. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
    Note: In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist. The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the universe, or the total of all existence, as only capable of relations in its parts to each other and to the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their laws.
  5. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
    Note: It is in dispute among philosophers whether the term, in this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined, can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.
    • To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute. —William Hamilton
  6. (rare) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
    • I am absolute ’t was very Cloten. —Shakespeare, Cymbeline, IV,ii
  7. (rare) Authoritative; peremptory.
  8. (chemistry) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
  9. (grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. (See ablative absolute.)

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Mon Jul 6 04:20:22 2009

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What's the difference between absolute and relative poverty?
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Asked by Bob G - Tue Apr 15 20:34:20 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Absolute poverty means compared to all the people in the world. Relative poverty means compared to the people around you/in your own culture. So whereas people in America make maybe $50,000/year, people in Africa make maybe $300/year. In absolute terms, Americans make more money (50,000>300).
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What is the absolute least amount of calories I can eat without messing up my metabolism?
Q. I want to lose weight as fast as I can, because there's an upcoming event I need to lose weight for. What is the absolute LEAST amount of calories I need to eat a day without screwing up my metabolism? thanks.
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A. Don't consume less than 1200 calories daily. You don't need 10 paragraphs to understand that!
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What is the absolute worst conference in Division I in the NCAA?
Q. I know the best conferences of course. But what conference is the absolute worst statistically in the NCAA (DIV I Men's) ?
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A. Southland
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