ULTIMATENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance

Example:

the ultimacy of these social values

Synonyms:

ultimacy; ultimateness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ultimateness" is a kind of...):

degree; level; point; stage (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process)

Attribute:

ultimate (furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ultimateness"):

extremity (the greatest or utmost degree)

profoundness (extremeness of degree)

Derivation:

ultimate (being the last or concluding element of a series)

ultimate (furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme)