finitude

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finitude

/ˈfɪnətud/ US
/ˈfɪnɪtjuːd/ UK

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From Latin fin(is) + -itude or directly from Renaissance Latin finitūdō (“signifying a noun of state”), from fīnis (“end, limit”) + -tūdō.

noun finitudes

countable, formal, uncountable The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness. Matter expresses the finitude of time-space; in this world of limitation a new way of knowing becomes possible, and this way is language.
Similar: finiteness, finity, limitedness, boundedness, enclosedness, finitude · Opposite: infiniteness, infinitude, infinity, limitlessness, unlimitedness, boundlessness, endlessness, unendingness, ∞

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@misc{finitude_2026,
  title = {finitude},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/finitude},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}