relativize en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English relative Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English relativize From relative + -ize.
Meanings
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To make one thing relative to another.
However, many thinkers (Protestant and Catholic) have used historical-critical methods to relativize New Testament materials on sex and gender to their original settings, rather quickly substituting for "obsolete" moral prohibitions a modern, liberal set of values[…]
1996, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics, page 256:
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To make relative.
to relativize indirect objects
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| relativise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| relativized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| relativized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| relativizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| relativizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
overrelativize · relativization · relativizable · relativizer · unrelativized
Translations (10)
ru релятивизова́ть (to make relative to) · fi suhteellistaa (to make relative to) · it relativizzare (to make relative to) · ro relativiza (to make relative to) · pl relatywizować (to make relative to) · fr relativiser (to make relative to) · pl zrelatywizować (to make relative to) · fi suhteuttaa (to make relative to) · de relativieren (to make relative to) · ru релятивизи́ровать (to make relative to)