absolutize
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Alternative forms
- (chiefly, UK) absolutise
Etymology
Pronunciation
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 20th century.][1]
Derived terms
Translations
to make absolute
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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.
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