Comparative - Absolute Comparative

Absolute Comparative

A number of fixed expressions use a comparative form where no comparison is being asserted, such as higher education or younger generation.

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Famous quotes containing the words absolute and/or comparative:

    “There ought to be an absolute dictatorship ... a dictatorship of painters ... a dictatorship of one painter ... to suppress all those who have betrayed us, to suppress the cheaters, to suppress the tricks, to suppress mannerisms, to suppress charms, to suppress history, to suppress a heap of other things. But common sense always gets away with it. Above all, let’s have a revolution against that!”
    —Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

    “Our comparative fidelity was fear of defeat at the hands of another partner.”
    —Max Frisch (1911–1991)