relationless

relationless

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Etymology

Etymology tree
English relation
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English relationless

    From relation + -less.

    Adjective

    relationless (not comparable)

    1. Without relations.
      • 1905, Howard Jason Rogers, Hugo Münsterburg, Congress of Arts and Science:
        A relationless chaos is after all nothing else than a system of relations thought of without relations!
      • 1995, Sri Aurobindo, Aurobindo Ghose, Essays on the Gita:
        A passive relationless identity excludes love and action, but this larger and richer oneness fulfils itself by works and by a pure emotion...

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