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absolutize
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ab·so·lu·tize  (bs-l-tz)
tr.v. ab·so·lu·tized, ab·so·lu·tiz·ing, ab·so·lu·tiz·es
To make absolute; change into an absolute: absolutize a moral priniciple.


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Similarly, when alternative medicine grows out of the recognition of the limits of any one culture (thus, Far Eastern techniques of meditation or acupuncture may bring new medical insights to the West), this upholds Judaism's insistence that no culture should be absolutized.
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