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- verb UK Alternative spelling of
relativize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb consider or treat as relative
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Examples
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It is just sad how people try to relativise things and dilute the point of others.
Outrage in India over Detention of Popular Actor at US Airport « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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In the latter case you can relativise the notion of model and write ˜I
Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009
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Perhaps predictably, there have been attempts to minimise or relativise his achievement or to make us think just a little less of him.
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Perhaps predictably, there have been attempts to minimise or relativise his achievement or to make us think just a little less of him.
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Of course if one does not want to relativise to a language one needs to insert ˜or some samesayer of S™ or use the word ˜proposition™, and this involves the notion of proposition or intertranslatability.
The Identity Theory of Mind Smart, J. J. C. 2007
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And in recognizing their dependence they relativise their own reality in some ways.
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To work patiently alongside people of other faiths is not an option invented by modern liberals who seek to relativise the radical singleness of Jesus Christ and what was made possible through him.
What We Mean By Christian Identity - World Council of Churches Address 2006
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Meme si, selon ma psy, mon probleme est justement que je relativise beaucoup trop!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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To work patiently alongside people of other faiths is not an option invented by modern liberals who seek to relativise the radical singleness of Jesus Christ and what was made possible through him.
What We Mean By Christian Identity - World Council of Churches Address 2006
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"It was a step taken at a high level to relativise anti-Semitism and the Holocaust," said Stephan Kramer, adding that such remarks make religious dialogue between Jews and Catholics impossible.
Dose.ca Music briefs AFP Francoise Kadri 2010
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