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Word

absolutest

Phoneticsab·so·lutest

Definition

adj. the most extreme or complete form of something. It is an old word that people rarely use today.

adj. the most extreme or complete degree of a quality. Archaic in modern usage, it is primarily found in historical legal or philosophical texts.

Examples

“The king claimed to have the absolutest power over his land.”

“In the old legal documents, the term was used to describe the absolutest form of ownership possible.”

“The philosopher argued for the absolutest freedom of thought, though his contemporaries found such a stance difficult to reconcile with the social order of the time.”

Examples

simple

“The king claimed to have the absolutest power over his land.”

contextual

“In the old legal documents, the term was used to describe the absolutest form of ownership possible.”

complex

“The philosopher argued for the absolutest freedom of thought, though his contemporaries found such a stance difficult to reconcile with the social order of the time.”

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