absoluttere

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

absolutt +‎ -ere, first part from Latin absolūtus (concluded, absolute), perfect passive participle of absolvō (complete, finish), from both ab- (from, off, away from), from Latin ab (from, away from, on, in), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and from solvō (release, loosen, dissolve, take apart), from both sē- (apart-, aside-, away), from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ēd, the ablative singular of *s(w)é (self) + and from luō (I untie, set free, separate), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (to wash). Last part from Old Norse -era, through Middle High German -ieren, from Old French -ier, from Latin -āre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /absʊlʉˈteːrə/, /apsʊlʉˈteːrə/
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  • Rhymes: -eːrə
  • Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lut‧te‧re

Verb

absoluttere

  1. (philosophy, literary) to absolutize (to make absolute, to give unconditional validity)
    • 1983, Aftenposten, page 25:
      beskytte [mennesket] mot en absoluttering av politiske handlingsmønstre
      protect from the absoluteization of political patterns of action
    • 1993, Jostein Børtnes, Polyfoni og karneval, page 230:
      karnevalet er, kan man si, funksjonelt, ikke substansielt. Det absolutterer intet, men forkynner alle tings lystige relativitet
      the carnival is, one might say, functional, not substantial. It absolutizes nothing but preaches the merry relativity of all things

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