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unrelation

unrelation noun: lack or absence of relation.

Noun

unrelation (usually uncountable, plural unrelations)

  1. (usually) Lack or absence of relation
    • Related to the more harmonic relation, the given relation "is unsatisfactory and therefore results as unrelation" (p. 216). Therefore a dialectic emerges between a superior and an inferior relation, which, compared with the former, is unrelation.2001, Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Søren Kierkegaard forskningscenteret, Hermann Deuser, Kierkegaard studies: Yearbook - Page 331
    • In their respective positions, these relations describe the realities of divine-human unrelation, divine-human relation, human self-relation, and human social relation.2006, Dennis Joseph Billy, James Keating, The Way of Mystery: The Eucharist and Moral Living - Page 12

Forms of unrelation

pluralunrelations

Origin of unrelation

From un- (“lack of”) + relation.

Questions about unrelation

What does unrelation mean?
Unrelation means lack or absence of relation.
What part of speech is unrelation?
Unrelation is a noun.
What is the plural of unrelation?
The plural of unrelation is unrelations.

Words near unrelation in the dictionary

  1. unrelated
  2. unrelatedly
  3. unrelatedness
  4. unrelates
  5. unrelating
  6. unrelation
  7. unrelational
  8. unrelations
  9. unrelationshiped
  10. unrelationshipped
  11. unrelative

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