We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's own ego and one's own desires.
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Definitive
//dɪˈfɪn.ə.tɪv//
Synonyms for "definitive" (140 found)
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Closest matches (28)
authoritativeconclusiveunequivocalabsoluteaccurateactualadmitting no exceptionall outall-outarrantboundarycategoricalcaudalclarifyingclassicclassicalclean-cutclearclear-cutclosing
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Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
limitativelimitingout-and-outoutrightperemptoryperfectplumppolarpositivepreciouspreciseprofoundpronouncedproperrankrealregularreliablerestrictingrestrictive
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roundsettlingshatteringshockingspecificstandardstarkstark-staringstraightstraight outstraight-outsuperlativesurpassingtailterminalterminatingterminativethe veriestthoroughthoroughgoingthrough and throughtotalultimateunambiguousunbearableuncircumscribedunconditionalunconditionedunconscionableundeniableundoubtingunhamperedunhesitatingunlimitedunmistakableunmitigatedunqualifiedunquestioningunrelievedunreservedunrestrictedunspoiledunwaivableuttervalidwholewithout exceptionwithout reserve
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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2 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
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44 translations across 16 languages.
Basque
1 entries- behin-betiko adj (explicitly defined)
Bulgarian
3 entries- експлицитен adj (explicitly defined)
- окончателен adj (definite, authoritative and complete)
- решителен adj (conclusive or decisive)
Catalan
3 entries- definitiu adj (explicitly defined)
- definitiu adj (conclusive or decisive)
- definitiu adj (definite, authoritative and complete)
Danish
1 entries- dagligmærke noun (philately: ordinary postage stamp)
Dutch
1 entries- definitief adj (conclusive or decisive)
Esperanto
1 entries- definitiva adj (conclusive or decisive)
Finnish
4 entries- definitiivinen adj (explicitly defined)
- definitiivinen adj (conclusive or decisive)
- definitiivinen adj (definite, authoritative and complete)
- lopullinen adj (conclusive or decisive)
French
3 entries- définitif adj (conclusive or decisive)
- définitive adj (conclusive or decisive)
- timbre d'usage courant noun (philately: ordinary postage stamp)
German
4 entries- definitiv adj (explicitly defined)
- endgültig adj (conclusive or decisive)
- entscheidend adj (limiting; determining)
- maßgebend, maßgeglich adj (definite, authoritative and complete)
Italian
3 entries- definitivo adj (explicitly defined)
- definitivo adj (conclusive or decisive)
- definitivo adj (definite, authoritative and complete)
Polish
2 entries- definitywny adj (conclusive or decisive)
- ostateczny adj (conclusive or decisive)
Portuguese
1 entries- definitivo adj (conclusive or decisive)
Russian
1 entries- оконча́тельный adj (conclusive or decisive)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- deimhinnte adj (explicitly defined)
- deimhinnte adj (conclusive or decisive)
- deimhinnte adj (definite, authoritative and complete)
Spanish
4 entries- autorizado adj (definite, authoritative and complete)
- decisivo adj (conclusive or decisive)
- definitivo adj (explicitly defined)
- definitivo adj (conclusive or decisive)
Ukrainian
1 entries- остато́чний adj (conclusive or decisive)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The results were not definitive, but I'm sure the DNA's a match.
Source: tatoeba (868239)
The definitive treatise was written by someone with no formal education in the subject.
Source: tatoeba (2514707)
The definitive answer is no.
Source: tatoeba (5736473)
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