overrelativize
overrelativize verb: to relativize excessively.
Verb
overrelativize (third-person singular simple present overrelativizes, present participle overrelativizing, simple past and past participle overrelativized)
- To relativize excessively.
- The discussion of ethnicity in anthropological and historical quarters has been dominated in recent years by a tendency to overrelativize the notion of ethnicity for precolonial Africa.1994, Stephan Bühnen, “In Quest of Susu”, in David Henige, editor, History in Africa: A Journal of Method, volume 21, Atlanta, Ga.: African Studies Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21
- They believe that in emphasizing the autonomy of Christian thinking, postliberalism errs as Barth did in overrelativizing the faith.1996, David K. Clark, “Relativism, Fideism & the Promise of Postliberalism”, in Timothy R. Phillips, Dennis L. Okholm, editors, The Nature of Confession: Evangelicals & Postliberals in Conversation...
Forms of overrelativize
| third-person singular present | overrelativizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | overrelativizing |
| past participle | overrelativized |
| past | overrelativized |
Origin of overrelativize
From over- + relativize.
Questions about overrelativize
- What does overrelativize mean?
- Overrelativize means to relativize excessively.
- What part of speech is overrelativize?
- Overrelativize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overrelativize?
- The past tense of overrelativize is overrelativized.
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