relativeness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of relativeness
Example Sentences
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It is by abstracting reckless contingencies, and by relying only upon the relativeness of facts, that we can succeed in discovering the truth that there are too many representations as to these facts.
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
He also comprehended the relativeness of words, the vagueness of conceptions, the faultiness of all communion, but was nevertheless not so broad-minded that he found extenuating circumstances everywhere and for everyone.
From The Bride of Dreams by Auw, Mellie von
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
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