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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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without relations.
A relationless chaos is after all nothing else than a system of relations thought of without relations!
1905, Howard Jason Rogers, Hugo Münsterburg, Congress of Arts and Science:A passive relationless identity excludes love and action, but this larger and richer oneness fulfils itself by works and by a pure emotion...
1995, Sri Aurobindo, Aurobindo Ghose, Essays on the Gita: