Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

relativize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: rel-a-tivize
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make one thing relative to another.

verb

To make relative.

Example Sentences

"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[…]"
"to relativize indirect objects"

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.

Inflected Forms

relativizes (present, singular) relativizing (participle, present) relativized (participle, past) relativized (past) relativise (alternative)

Derived Forms

overrelativize relativizable relativization relativizer unrelativized

Synonyms

relativise

Questions

What does relativize mean?: To make one thing relative to another.
Where does relativize come from?: 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.

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