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- noun Plural form of
absolute .
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Examples
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Please don't deal in absolutes, it will always leave you looking like some religious nut. aff
Subtexts « PubliCola 2010
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The problem was that the original commenter was speaking in absolutes about the power of state to spend its own money.
The Volokh Conspiracy » AZ Boycott and the Constitution: 2010
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One difficulty I sometimes have with your contributions is that when you write, you tend to speak in absolutes and suggest that disagreeing with you suggests some sort of dishonesty.
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But how often can you think of anyone making spiritual or political arguments these days without speaking in absolutes and ending dialog?
Books 2009
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I believe in absolutes and absolute truth but do think some things are culturally set and artificially constructed for various reasons and motives.
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But don't let that keep you from talking-or is it typing (or blogging) - in absolutes ...
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Of course, Its no fun letting numbers be relative: you have to state them in absolutes, with no context points, so that they sound big and bad so that you can get your political agenda pushed through.
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Unfortunately, you think in absolutes and so have little understanding of what tolerance is all about.
Archive 2007-01-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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Unfortunately, you think in absolutes and so have little understanding of what tolerance is all about.
The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom Hal Duncan 2007
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People tend to think in absolutes, rights and wrongs.
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