finitude

Noun

Meaning

Limitation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

finiteness boundedness limitedness death evanescence finite mortality instability limb amputation impermanence narrowness mutability fugacity changeableness

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Antonyms

infinity infinitude infiniteness limitlessness equalization endurance

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Hypernyms

quality

Examples

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude. Alfred North Whitehead

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity. Voltaire

The infinite being has assumed unto himself the mystery of finitude. And in him who is love the finite and the infinite are made one. Rabindranath Tagore

By reminding us of human finitude and weakness, religion also enjoins us not to place our ultimate hope in this passing world. Pope Benedict XVI

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity. Swami Sivananda

Lists are based on realism - on the coldly contemplated finitude of resources. Elif Batuman

Close letter words and terms

finitization finitize finito finity finjan fink