absolutes

      Philosophers argue about the existence of "absolutes"--as in can something really be defined as simply good, or simply evil, or is everything relative, or according to the judgment of the people involved?  In grammar, there are "absolutes". Absolutes are words which describe something, but which cannot be used to make a comparison--to mean that one thing is "more" of something than another  Absolutes cannot be used to mean that a thing is superlative-- the "most" of something--as in good, better, best--or tall, taller, tallest.
     "Unique" is an absolute. A thing cannot be more or less unique--it either is unique ( one of a kind ) or it is not. Perfect is also an absolute. A thing is either perfect or it is not. It can be called closer to perfect, or less than perfect, but that is the only way to mean anything but perfect when saying that something is perfect. Qualifiers seem silly when used with absolutes--a little bit, sort of, and others. Dead is an example of an absolute you might see misused in this way. Someone either is, or is not, dead. No one can be sort of dead, or a little bit dead. A person can be nearly dead, but not kind of dead.