Usually means: Make relative or dependent upon.
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  1. relativize: Merriam-Webster
  2. relativize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. relativize: Collins English Dictionary
  4. relativize: Vocabulary.com
  5. relativize: Wiktionary
  6. relativize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. relativize: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. relativize: Dictionary.com
  9. relativize: Rhymezone
  10. relativize: FreeDictionary.org
  11. relativize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. relativize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (relativize)

▸ verb:  To make one thing relative to another.
▸ verb:  (grammar) To make relative.

Similar:
relativise, relate, contextualize, humanize, interrelate, pertain, relatinize, mediumize, religify, refer, more...

Opposite:
absolutize, objectify, concretize

Types:
contextualize, qualify, nuance, subordinate, modify, more...

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Similar:
relativise, relate, contextualize, humanize, interrelate, pertain, relatinize, mediumize, religify, refer, more...

Opposite:
absolutize, objectify, concretize

Types:
contextualize, qualify, nuance, subordinate, modify, more...



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