finitude

English

Etymology

From finite +‎ -itude, from Latin fīnītus + -dō (“signifying a noun of state”).

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Noun

finitude (uncountable)

1. Limitation, finiteness.

Usage notes

Finitude is rather formal and used in philosophy, while finiteness is used in mathematics; however, infinitude is used in mathematics more than infiniteness. Less formal is to reword to use limited: “(the fact that) life is limited” rather than “the finitude of life”.

Synonyms

• finiteness
• limitedness

Antonyms

• infinitude
• infiniteness
• unlimitedness

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References

• finitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913