Think so, eh? Well, since you believe in subjective, "individual absolutes", then "absolute rubbish" could well be just plain old mediocre rubbish when measured by someone else's yardstick. An interesting world, isn't it, where these "absolutes" slide all over the measuring scale?
ab.so.lute adj [ME absolut, fr. L absolutus, fr. pp. of absolvere to set free, absolve] (14c)
1 a: free from imperfection: perfect b: free or relatively free from mixture: pure <~ alcohol> c:outright, unmitigated <an ~ lie>
2: being, governed by, or characteristic of a ruler or authority
completely free from constitutional or other restraint
3 a: standing apart from a normal or usual syntactical relation with other words or sentence elements <the ~ construction this being the
case in the sentence "this being the case, let us go"> b of an adjective or possessive pronoun: standing alone without a modified substantive <blind in "help the blind" and ours in "your work and ours" are ~> c of a verb: having no object in the particular construction under consideration though normally transitive <kill in "if looks could kill" is an ~ verb>
4: having no restriction, exception, or qualification <an ~ requirement> <~ freedom>
5: positive, unquestionable <~proof>
6 a: independent of arbitrary standards of measurement b: relating to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of length, mass, and time <~ electric units> c: relating to, measured on, or being a temperature scale based on absolute zero <~ temperature>; specif: kelvin <10 degrees ~>
7: fundamental, ultimate <~ knowledge>
8: perfectly embodying the nature of a thing <~ justice>
9: being self-sufficient and free of external references or relationships <an ~ term in logic> <~ music> |
