Relativizer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something that relativizes.

    "Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told Bild it was not enough that Extinction Rebellion had distanced itself from Mr. Hallam. […] “As keen as they criticize climate change deniers,” he said, “they should also do it with Holocaust relativizers.”"

  2. 2
    A grammatical element used to indicate a relative clause.

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"Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told Bild it was not enough that Extinction Rebellion had distanced itself from Mr. Hallam. […] “As keen as they criticize climate change deniers,” he said, “they should also do it with Holocaust relativizers.”"

Etymology

From relativize + -er.

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