Meanings
present singular third person relativizes · participle present relativizing · participle past relativized · past relativized · alternative relativise
- 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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Finnish suhteuttaa, suhteellistaa
- suhteuttaato make relative to
- suhteellistaato make relative to
French relativiser
- relativiserto make relative to
German relativieren
- relativierento make relative to
Italian relativizzare
- relativizzareto make relative to
Polish relatywizować, zrelatywizować
- relatywizowaćto make relative to
- zrelatywizowaćto make relative to
Romanian relativiza
- relativizato make relative to
Russian релятивизи́ровать, релятивизова́ть
- релятивизи́ровать (reljativizírovatʹ)to make relative to
- релятивизова́ть (reljativizovátʹ)to make relative to
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relativize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relativize
“relativize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relativize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relativize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relativize.
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