absolute judgment

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noun

psychol any judgment about a single stimulus, e.g. about the value of one of its properties or about whether it is present or absentCompare comparative judgment

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How to use absolute judgment in a sentence

In view of such inconsistencies, how is it possible to pass any absolute judgment on men?
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.2/3, 1836-1840|Duchesse De Dino
No absolute judgment can at this instant be formed of the intended movements of the enemy.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I|Various
He had condemned a man in a great fine towards another by an absolute judgment.
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete|Michel de Montaigne
There is the suggestion of jail, of punishment, of something final, of absolute judgment.
The Man in Court|Frederic DeWitt Wells

Here, again, the subsequent qualification corrects the too absolute judgment previously pronounced.
Harmonies of Political Economy|Frdric Bastiat