Antonyms for relativity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : rel-uh-tiv-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛl əˈtɪv ɪ ti


Definition of relativity

Origin :
  • 1834, "fact or condition of being relative" (apparently coined by Coleridge, of God, in "Notes on Waterland's Vindication of Christ's Divinity"), from relative (adj.) + -ity. In scientific use, connected to the theory of Albert Einstein (1879-1955), published 1905 (special theory of relativity) and 1915 (general theory of relativity), but the word was used in roughly this sense by J.C. Maxwell in 1876.
  • As in perspective : noun view, outlook
  • As in relationship : noun connection; friendship
  • As in theory of relativity : noun einstein's theory
  • As in materiality : noun relevance
  • As in pertinency : noun relevance
  • As in relevancy : noun relevance
Example sentences :
  • And he extends this relativity to the conceptions of just and good, as well as to great and small.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • Relativity of importance is the second factor of good organization.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • That was the ultimate in relativity: Energy is proportionate to matter.
  • Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton
  • Relativity of all knowledge, Hamilton's doctrine of, 229-236.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
  • The relativity of Death will now have become sufficiently obvious.
  • Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond
  • This is the principle of relativity, to which so much attention has been given.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet
  • On Spencer's own theory of relativity a cause only exists in relation to an effect.
  • Extract from : « Theism or Atheism » by Chapman Cohen
  • This, however, would be an error—the sort of error that the theory of relativity avoids.
  • Extract from : « The Analysis of Mind » by Bertrand Russell
  • So far there seems to be nothing in view save the principle of relativity.
  • Extract from : « The Approach to Philosophy » by Ralph Barton Perry
  • But relativity will not work as a general principle of being.
  • Extract from : « The Approach to Philosophy » by Ralph Barton Perry

Synonyms for relativity

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