relativeness

American  

[rel-uh-tiv-nis] / ˈrɛl ə tɪv nɪs /

noun

1. the state or fact of being relative.

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Etymology

Origin of relativeness

First recorded in 1665–75; relative + -ness

Example Sentences

There is a praiseworthy relativeness and life in the morality of our best old divines.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

Words were fitted to all the calls, which generally bore some relativeness to the signal, but these were as, destitute of congruity as of sense.

From Andersonville A Story of Rebel Military Prisons by McElroy, John

This is the art of calculating the differences existing between each thing, by determining the relativeness of their respective proportions.

From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Yoritomo-Tashi, Mme. Blanchard

The relativeness of sensation is then developed at length, and for a moment the definition appears to be accepted.

From Theaetetus by Jowett, Benjamin

This is a striking illustration of the mere relativeness of such words as "morality," "refinement," and their opposites.

From A History of English Prose Fiction by Tuckerman, Bayard