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overrelativized

overrelativized is the simple past and past participle of overrelativize.

Meaning of overrelativize

Verb

overrelativize (third-person singular simple present overrelativizes, present participle overrelativizing, simple past and past participle overrelativized)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about overrelativized

What is overrelativized the simple past and past participle of?
Overrelativized is the simple past and past participle of overrelativize.

Words near overrelativized in the dictionary

  1. overreject
  2. overrejection
  3. overrejections
  4. overrejects
  5. overrelativize
  6. overrelativized
  7. overrelativizes
  8. overrelativizing
  9. overrelax
  10. overrelaxation
  11. overrelaxations

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