absolutes
Things without exceptions
Absolutes are things considered complete, unconditional, or not subject to qualification.
In philosophy, absolutes are principles or truths held to be universal and unchanging: Some believe in moral absolutes; others see ethics as situational.
The term often appears in debates about whether anything can truly be absolute: There are no absolutes in life.
To think in absolutes is to see things as black and white, without nuance.
Firmly held belief
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- truthAccordance with reality
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- proofDemonstration of truth
knowledge · definiteness · factuality · verity · sureness · confirmation · affirmation · dogma
Contrasting directional states
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- nadirLowest possible point
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
antithesis · epitome · quintessence · acme · culmination · climax · ultimate · boundary
Boundless temporal existence
- immortalityExemption from death
- timelessnessFreedom from temporal decay
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
constancy · immutability · unchanging · everlasting · enduring · invariable · fixed · eternal
Quality of being unbending
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
adamancy · uncompromising · unbending · immovability · hardline · doctrinaire · authoritarianism · fundamentalism
conviction
Firmly held belief
proof · knowledge · definiteness · factuality · verity · sureness · confirmation · affirmation · dogma · certitude
polarities
Contrasting directional states
pinnacle · antithesis · epitome · quintessence · acme · culmination · climax · ultimate · boundary · limit
eternity
Boundless temporal existence
- immortalityExemption from death
- timelessnessFreedom from temporal decay
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
perpetuity · constancy · immutability · unchanging · everlasting · enduring · invariable · fixed · eternal · ageless
inflexibility
Quality of being unbending
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
unyielding · adamancy · uncompromising · unbending · immovability · hardline · doctrinaire · authoritarianism · fundamentalism · orthodoxy
- PlatoPlato, academy, Academy, allegory, the Republic
- inevitabilitiesdeath, mortality, taxes, fate, destiny
- perfumerymusk, middle notes, vanilla, essential oils, fragrance oils
- aromatherapyessential oils, diffuser, diffusers, eucalyptus, lavender oil
- requirementsrequirement, requirements, prerequisite, requisite, requisites
- truthstruth, truths, facts, fact, reality
absolutesrelatives
Those connected by blood
contingencies · relativities · variables · conditionals · uncertainties
absolutesrelatives
Those connected by blood
comparatives · ratios · percentages · proportions · differentials
absolutesqualifications
Proof of competence
nuances · approximations · gradations · shades of gray · generalizations
- absolutely notEmphatic total rejection
- absolutely rightEntirely correct, no exceptions
- absolute ruleUnrestricted governmental power
- absolute powerUnrestricted governmental control
- absolute monarchsRulers with unconstrained authority
- absolute certaintyState of having no doubt
absolute, absolutely, absolution, absolutism, absolutist, absoluteness, absolutions