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overrelativizes

overrelativizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overrelativizes

What is overrelativizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overrelativizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overrelativize.

Words near overrelativizes in the dictionary

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

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