absolutization

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

absolutize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.səˌlut.əˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/, /ˌæb.səˌljut.əˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/

Noun[edit]

absolutization (countable and uncountable, plural absolutizations)

  1. An act, process or result of absolutizing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]

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References[edit]

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