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relativize
[ rel-uh-tuh-vahyz ]
/ ˈrɛl ə təˌvaɪz /
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verb (used with object), rel·a·tiv·ized, rel·a·tiv·iz·ing.
to regard as or make relative.
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Also especially British, rel·a·tiv·ise .
OTHER WORDS FROM relativize
rel·a·tiv·i·za·tion, nounWords nearby relativize
relativist, relativistic, relativistic mass, relativistic quantum mechanics, relativity, relativize, relator, relatum, relaunch, relax, relaxant
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How to use relativize in a sentence
India’s countless folk communities are in dire need of funding and technical and creative upskilling to relativize themselves in an increasingly globalized world.
The full idiocy of conspiricism at its dreariest has thus been summoned to relativize the crime and, in so doing, deny it.
British Dictionary definitions for relativize
relativize
relativise
/ (ˈrɛlətɪvaɪz) /
verb
to make or become relative
(tr) to apply the theory of relativity to
Derived forms of relativize
relativization or relativisation, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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