finitude
pronunciation
How to pronounce finitude in British English:
UK ['faɪnɪtju:d]
How to pronounce finitude in American English:
US ['fɪnəˌtjud]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being finite
Word Origin
- finitude (n.)
- 1640s, from finite + -ude.
Example
- 1. This variety constitutes the finitude of design within its own nature .
- 2. The finitude , further , of these categories lies in two points .
- 3. Carnival reminds us , not least to its own finitude .
- 4. In these words , a correct expression is given to the finitude of will .
- 5. It is the attempt to see yourself as an incarnation of something larger than yourself ( the movement , reason , the good , the holy ) rather than accepting your finitude .