relativisation

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A form of relativization — The act or process of relativizing.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounrelativisation (countable and uncountable, plural relativisations)

plural relativisations

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of relativization.
    1 more example

    If you want to assume the context principle both for a language L and a sub-language L ′ and avoid contradictions, this relativisation is vital, for it is not guaranteed that two expressions that are synonymous in L ′ will stay synonymous in L, even if the interpretation of the sentences of L ′ stays the same and L and L ′ satisfy the context principle.

    2007 November 29, Manfred Kupffer, “An Unintentional Defense of the Indeterminacy of Meaning?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act or result of making relative or regarding as relative rather than absolute.

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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Chicago

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