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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