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overrelativizing

overrelativizing is the present participle and gerund 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 overrelativizing

What is overrelativizing the present participle and gerund of?
Overrelativizing is the present participle and gerund of overrelativize.

Words near overrelativizing in the dictionary

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

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