different between relativise vs relativize

English

Verb

relativise (third-person singular simple present relativises, present participle relativising, simple past and past participle relativised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of relativize.

Anagrams

• revitalise

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: relativisent, relativises

Verb

relativise

1. first-person singular present indicative of relativiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of relativiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of relativiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of relativiser
5. second-person singular imperative of relativiser

English

Etymology

relative +? -ize

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.
   • 1996, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics (page 256)

     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 […]

2. (grammar) To make relative.

   to relativize indirect objects

Derived terms

• relativization
• relativizer

Translations

Anagrams

• revitalize