finitude en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin fin(is) + -itude or directly from Renaissance Latin finitūdō (“signifying a noun of state”), from fīnis (“end, limit”) + -tūdō.
Meanings
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(countable, formal, uncountable) The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.
It is our finitude and our vulnerability that keeps us open to one another and to the transcendent.
2026 July 25, Carmody Grey, “AI’s quest for morality”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:A one-car life is one of finitude and limitations.
2025 January 30, Zachary Przystup, “Is 2 cars too many? Lamenting life in the fast lane.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:Matter expresses the finitude of time-space; in this world of limitation a new way of knowing becomes possible, and this way is language.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 15:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| finitudes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
infiniteness · limitlessness · boundlessness · unendingness · limitlessness · ∞ · endlessness · infinity · infinitude · infinity · infinitude · infiniteness · unlimitedness · unlimitedness
Synonyms
boundedness · finity · finitude · finiteness · limitedness · enclosedness · finiteness · finity · limitedness