absolute state

/ˈæb.səˌlut steɪt/

absolute state noun: to sum the indeterminate state and the determinate state in one term.

Noun (1)

absolute state (plural absolute states)

(rare) To sum the indeterminate state and the determinate state in one term.
To denote the only state not construct state as in the binary state system of Ugaritic.
Denotes the indeterminate state in Aramaic, even though it also has a determinate state called emphatic state.
Denotes an infrequent endingless state in Akkadian used for predicative sentences, adverbially used nouns and vocative expressions (in which cases Arabic would use the accusative case), contrasting with the governed state and the construct state.
In Egyptian, including Coptic, a form of a verb necessitated by its regimen if this does not require the nominal state or pronominal state.
In Berber languages, an unmarked form and hence citation form of a noun similar to the absolutive of ergative languages, varying in usage cases per specific language but generally described as used for topicalized subjects of sentences – default word order being VSO –, nominal predicates and direct objects.

Synonyms:

status absolutus, free state, unbound state

Antonyms:

annexed state, bound state

absolute state (plural absolute states)

A state with absolute sovereignty and authority, in contrast with e.g. a feudal state.
- In France, where originally the king had only a very small estate, no power, and no army except his personal followers, the absolute state did not exist before the sixteenth century; for the French parliaments were still powerful in the fourteenth century, as we see by their records.1898, Henry Gaullieur, The Paternal State in France and Germany, Harper & brothers, page 45
- The theory of sovereignty was an invaluable weapon in the hands of the monarch in his contest with the other claimants to authority; it gave a theoretical foundation for the emerging national absolute state, and it clearly forecast the line that political evolution was to follow.1922, Hugo Krabbe, The Modern Idea of the State, M. Nijhoff, page xix

absolute state (plural absolute states)

(Internet, Ireland) A particularly dishevelled, sorry or contemptible condition.
- The absolute state of the West
- When he came in from the rain he was in an absolute state.

முழு ஒலியழுத்தம்

Roman Law recognized the absolute state and the individual's private rights; it did not acknowledge the legal inviolability of group life.1991, Jacques Kornberg, “Dilthey's Introduction to the Human Sciences: Liberal Social Thought in the Second Reich”, in In the Presence of...
The absolute state of you, Downey, you utter twonk.2015 February 11, Trev Downey, “Reasons to Believe”, in The Liverpool Offside:
Just like mum used to make – without the lecture at the absolute state of you!2016 December 30, Meher Mirza, “The Essential Guide To Combating A Hangover In Mumbai”, in The City Story, archived from the original on 24...

plural	absolute states

Calque of Latin status absolūtus.

Compound of absolute + state.

From state as used in phrases such as look at the state of you, with the intensifier absolute.

What does absolute state mean?: Absolute state means to sum the indeterminate state and the determinate state in one term.
What is absolute state in Tamil?: Absolute state in Tamil is முழு ஒலியழுத்தம். See Absolute state meaning in Tamil.
How do you use absolute state in a sentence?: Roman Law recognized the absolute state and the individual's private rights; it did not acknowledge the legal inviolability of group life.
What part of speech is absolute state?: Absolute state is a noun.
How do you pronounce absolute state?: Absolute state is pronounced /ˈæb.səˌlut steɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of absolute state?: The plural of absolute state is absolute states.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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