Absoluter

/ˈæbsəˌluːtər/ adjective

Definition

More absolute; comparative form indicating greater degree of absoluteness, completeness, or unconditional nature.

Etymology

From absolute plus -er (English comparative suffix), though modern grammarians debate whether 'more absolute' is standard since absolute is traditionally seen as non-gradable. Medieval and early modern texts use it freely.

Kelly Says

Grammatically, absoluter shouldn't work because you can't have degrees of 'complete'—yet poets and philosophers have always used it, treating absoluteness as a scale anyway, showing how logic loses to expressive need.

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