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Definition of Relativise
1. Verb. Consider or treat as relative.
Definition of Relativise
1. Verb. (British) (alternative spelling of relativize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relativise
Literary usage of Relativise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Higher Education Management and Policy by OECD Staff (2005)
"... the world in which they live, rather than yearn after some overall sense of
unity. 3. You pre-emptively relativise the value of elite and mass training ..."
2. Energy: The Next Fifty Years by OECD, The International Energy Agency, OECD Staff, International Energy Agency (1999)
"Several arguments, however, relativise and may even refute the existence of such
a trade-off when climate policies accompany a shift to sustainable ..."
3. Assessment & Decision Making for Sustainable Transport by ECMT Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (2004)
"Such subsidiarity is essential: firstly, to compensate for and relativise
hierarchical structures founded solely upon monetary criteria (analysis of returns ..."
4. Tolls on Interurban Road Infrastructure: An Economic Evaluation by ECMT Staff, (Paris) European Conference of Ministers, Ecmt, Centre Economic Research, Economic Research Centre, Economics Round Table on Transport (2002)
"... commuters and car owners seem to relativise their problems to some extent when
they consider their problems from a social perspective. ..."
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