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Latin absolūtus (“unconditional”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, free; complete”). Compare French absolu. See absolve.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈæbsəˌluːt/, /ˌæbsəˈluːt/, SAMPA: /"{bs@%lu:t/, /%{bs@"lu:t/
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Adjective
absolute (comparative more absolute or (rarely) absoluter, superlative most absolute or (rarely) absolutest)
- 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.
- 1962, Hannah Arendt, On Revolution, (1990), page 155
- Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless.
- absolute perfection
- absolute beauty
- So absolute she seems, And in herself complete. —John Milton
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- (rare) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
- I am absolute ’t was very Cloten. —Shakespeare, Cymbeline, IV,ii
- (rare) Authoritative; peremptory.
- The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head, With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. —Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- (chemistry) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
- (grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. (See ablative absolute.)
Synonyms
- positive
- peremptory
- certain
- unconditional
- unlimited
- unrestricted
- unqualified
- arbitrary
- despotic
- autocratic
- ultimate
Derived terms
Terms derived from "absolute"
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Noun
absolute (plural absolutes)
- That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental.
- moral absolutes
- (geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
Translations
that which is independent of context-dependent interpretation
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References
- absolute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
Dutch
Adjective
absolute
- The inflected formFAQ of absoluut.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA: /apsoˈlute/
Adverb
absolute
Latin
Etymology
From absolūtus (“complete, finished”).
Adverb
absolūtē (comparative absolūtius, superlative absolūtissimē)
Related terms
References
- absolute in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
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What is the difference between comparative advantage and absolute advantage?
Q. Example: John and Rob are stranded on a deserted island. To feed themselves each day they can either catch fish or pick fruit. John can pick 60 fruit or catch 20 fish. Rob can pick 100 fruit or 150 fish. Who has the comparative advantage in fruit picking; who has the comparative advantage in fishing? Who has the absolute advantage in fruit picking; who has the absolute advantage in fishing?
Asked by asymbolus - Tue Feb 12 12:32:31 2008 - - 1 Answers - 3 Comments
A. Rob has absolute advantage in both picking fruit and catching fish because he picks 100 fruits which is higher than what John can pick(60) and Rob can catch 150 fish which is more than what John can catch(20). But John has a comparative advantage in Fruit picking. He needs to give up just 1 fish to pluck 3 fruits. However, if Rob foregoes catching 1 fish and use the time saved to lpuck fruits, he would not be able to pluck even 1 fruit. On the otherhand Rob has comparative advantage in catching fish. He can catch 15 fish by foregoing plucking 10 fruits. As against this John would need to give up plucking as many as 45 fruits to catch 15 fish. It is because of this, ROB will concentrate on catching fish while John on plucking flowers and… [cont.]
Answered by sensekonomikx - Tue Feb 12 14:48:30 2008
Q. Example: John and Rob are stranded on a deserted island. To feed themselves each day they can either catch fish or pick fruit. John can pick 60 fruit or catch 20 fish. Rob can pick 100 fruit or 150 fish. Who has the comparative advantage in fruit picking; who has the comparative advantage in fishing? Who has the absolute advantage in fruit picking; who has the absolute advantage in fishing?
Asked by asymbolus - Tue Feb 12 12:32:31 2008 - - 1 Answers - 3 Comments
A. Rob has absolute advantage in both picking fruit and catching fish because he picks 100 fruits which is higher than what John can pick(60) and Rob can catch 150 fish which is more than what John can catch(20). But John has a comparative advantage in Fruit picking. He needs to give up just 1 fish to pluck 3 fruits. However, if Rob foregoes catching 1 fish and use the time saved to lpuck fruits, he would not be able to pluck even 1 fruit. On the otherhand Rob has comparative advantage in catching fish. He can catch 15 fish by foregoing plucking 10 fruits. As against this John would need to give up plucking as many as 45 fruits to catch 15 fish. It is because of this, ROB will concentrate on catching fish while John on plucking flowers and… [cont.]
Answered by sensekonomikx - Tue Feb 12 14:48:30 2008
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