absolute music
noun
: instrumental music independent of the objective suggestion of title, text, or program and dependent on structure alone for its subjective comprehension
Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
- reascendant
- reascended
- reascending
- reascends
- reascension
- reascensions
- reascent
- reascents
- reascertain
- reascertainment
- reask
- reason
- reason (with)
- reason of state
- reason out
- reason with
- reasonabilities
- reasonability
- reasonable
- reasonable facsimile
- reasonable part
- reasonableness
- reasonablenesses
- reasonably
- reasoned