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relativized

relativized is the simple past and past participle of relativize.

Meaning of relativize

Verb

relativize (third-person singular simple present relativizes, present participle relativizing, simple past and past participle relativized)

  1. 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
  2. To make relative.
    • to relativize indirect objects

Questions about relativized

What is relativized the simple past and past participle of?
Relativized is the simple past and past participle of relativize.

Words near relativized in the dictionary

  1. relativity
  2. relativizable
  3. relativization
  4. relativizations
  5. relativize
  6. relativized
  7. relativizer
  8. relativizers
  9. relativizes
  10. relativizing
  11. relatlimab

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