absolutize

English

Alternative forms

• (chiefly, UK) absolutise

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder.

Latin se-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éti

Proto-Indo-European *luh₁éti

Proto-Italic [Term?]

Latin luō

Latin solvō

Latin absolvōder.

Latin absolūtusder.

Middle French absolutder.

Middle English absolut

English absolute

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English absolutize

From absolute + -ize.

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)

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

Derived terms

• absolutizable
• absolutization

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)

Portuguese

Verb

absolutize

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