relativeness

American  

[rel-uh-tiv-nis] / ˈrɛl ə tɪv nɪs /

noun

1. the state or fact of being relative.

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Etymology

Origin of relativeness

First recorded in 1665–75; relative + -ness

Example Sentences

Reasoning is the art of fixing the relativeness of things.

From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Yoritomo-Tashi, Mme. Blanchard

Words were fitted to all the calls, which generally bore some relativeness to the signal, but these were as, destitute of congruity as of sense.

From Andersonville A Story of Rebel Military Prisons by McElroy, John

It is by abstracting reckless contingencies, and by relying only upon the relativeness of facts, that we can succeed in discovering the truth that there are too many representations as to these facts.

From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Yoritomo-Tashi, Mme. Blanchard

This is a striking illustration of the mere relativeness of such words as "morality," "refinement," and their opposites.

From A History of English Prose Fiction by Tuckerman, Bayard

There is a praiseworthy relativeness and life in the morality of our best old divines.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson