absolutize

English

Alternative forms

(chiefly, UK) absolutise

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.səˌluː.taɪz/, /ˈæb.sə.ljuː.taɪz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.səˌlu.taɪz/, /ˈæb.sə.lju.taɪz/

Verb

absolutize (third-person singular simple present absolutizes, present participle absolutizing, simple past and past participle absolutized)

(transitive) To make absolute. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[1]

Derived terms

Translations

to make absolute

Catalan: absolutitzar (ca)
Dutch: absoluuut maken
French: absolutiser (fr)
Japanese: 絶対化する (zettaika suru)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: absoluttere (no)
Polish: absolutyzować (pl) impf, zabsolutyzować (pl) pf
Portuguese: absolutizar (pt)

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolutize”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

Portuguese

Verb

absolutize

inflection of absolutizar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

[SOED-1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolutize”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

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