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nonabsolutist

nonabsolutist adjective: not absolutist.

Adjective

nonabsolutist (comparative more nonabsolutist, superlative most nonabsolutist)

  1. Not absolutist.
    • If it is nonabsolutist, then there has to be some way to extract concessions about the permissibility of torture; such is a conceptual requirement of nonabsolutist theories.2012, Fritz Allhoff, Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture, page 121
    • Therefore, in addition to noting the similarities between the "new Nietzsche" and nonabsolutist institutionalism, we want to show briefly what, specifically, a reading of Nietzsche adds to the institutionalist treatment of values.2016, David F. Ruccio, Jack Amariglio, Postmodern Moments in Modern Economics, page 213

Forms of nonabsolutist

comparativemore nonabsolutist
superlativemost nonabsolutist

Origin of nonabsolutist

From non- + absolutist.

Questions about nonabsolutist

What does nonabsolutist mean?
Nonabsolutist means not absolutist.
What part of speech is nonabsolutist?
Nonabsolutist is an adjective.

Words near nonabsolutist in the dictionary

  1. nonabsentative
  2. nonabsolute
  3. nonabsolutely
  4. nonabsolution
  5. nonabsolutism
  6. nonabsolutist
  7. nonabsolvable
  8. nonabsorbability
  9. nonabsorbable
  10. nonabsorbables
  11. nonabsorbed

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