Definition of Absolutize

1. Verb. (transitive) To make absolute. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Absolutize

1. [v -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolutize

absolutise
absolutised
absolutises
absolutising
absolutism
absolutisms
absolutist
absolutistic
absolutistically
absolutists
absolutive
absolutive case
absolutive cases
absolutization
absolutizations
absolutize (current term)
absolutized
absolutizes
absolutizing
absolutory
absolvable
absolvatory
absolve
absolved
absolvent
absolvents
absolver
absolvers
absolves
absolving

Literary usage of Absolutize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Theology as an Empirical Science by Douglas Clyde Macintosh (1919)
"Sceptical prejudice tends to deny to experimental religion any positive value, while mystical religion tends so to absolutize the value of religion as to ..."

2. The Finality of the Christian Religion by George Burman Foster (1906)
"This experience is the specific peculiarity which serves better to isolate and thus absolutize Christianity than the traditional marks of its ..."

3. Modern European Philosophy: The History of Modern Philosophy by Denton Jaques Snider (1904)
"... his absolute Philosophy, he had to absolutize himself, when he had fully evolved. The thirteen active years of the Berlin Period will therefore be Hegel ..."

4. Tohoku, the Scotland of Japan by Christopher Noss (1918)
"The ascription of divinity to the Imperial House is simply one expression of the determination of the militarists to absolutize the state, ..."

5. Bearing the Unbearable: Coping with Infertility and Other Profound Suffering by Karl A. Schulz (2007)
"It is dangerous to absolutize biblical statements, because each person and circumstance is unique and there are many exceptions to the norm. ..."

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