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absolute state¹

  • /ˈæb.səˌlut steɪt/ US
  • /ˌæb.səˈljut steɪt/ US

Where it comes from

Calque of Latin status absolūtus.

noun absolute states

  1. rare To sum the indeterminate state and the determinate state in one term.
  2. To denote the only state not construct state as in the binary state system of Ugaritic.
  3. Denotes the indeterminate state in Aramaic, even though it also has a determinate state called emphatic state.
  4. 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.
  5. In Egyptian, including Coptic, a form of a verb necessitated by its regimen if this does not require the nominal state or pronominal state.
  6. 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.

    Similar: status absolutus, free state, unbound state · Opposite: annexed state, bound state

absolute state²

  • /ˈæb.səˌlut steɪt/ US
  • /ˌæb.səˈljut steɪt/ US

Where it comes from

Compound of absolute + state.

noun absolute states

  1. 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.

absolute state³

  • /ˈæb.səˌlut steɪt/ US
  • /ˌæb.səˈljut steɪt/ US

Where it comes from

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

noun absolute states

  1. Internet, Ireland A particularly dishevelled, sorry or contemptible condition. The absolute state of the West

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noun in Semitic languages, the condition of a noun that is not grammatically linked to another noun

Portuguêsestado absoluto

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@misc{absolute_state_2026,
  title = {absolute state},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/absolute%20state},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}