Meanings
verbabsolutize (third-person singular simple present absolutizes, present participle absolutizing, simple past and past participle absolutized)
present singular third person absolutizes · participle present absolutizing · participle past absolutized · past absolutized · alternative absolutise
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
- Latinse-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*luh₁éti
- Proto-Italic[Term?]
- Latinluō
- Latinsolvō
- Latinabsolvō
- Latinabsolūtus
- Middle Frenchabsolut
- Middle Englishabsolut
- Englishabsolute
- Englishabsolutize
Translations
Catalan absolutitzar
- absolutitzarto make absolute
Dutch absoluuut maken
- absoluuut makento make absolute
Finnish absolutisoida
- absolutisoidato make absolute
French absolutiser
- absolutiserto make absolute
Japanese 絶対化する
- 絶対化する (zettaika suru)to make absolute
Norwegian Bokmål absoluttere
- absoluttereto make absolute
Polish absolutyzować, zabsolutyzować
- absolutyzowaćto make absolute
- zabsolutyzowaćto make absolute
Portuguese absolutizar
- absolutizarto make absolute
Cite this entry
APA
absolutize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absolutize
MLA
“absolutize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absolutize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “absolutize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absolutize.
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