Taylorize en · VERB
Etymology
From Taylor + -ize.
Meanings
-
(transitive) To make more efficient by means of Taylorism.
Nervousness, fatigue, brain-exhaustion . . . had her fight against them been vain? What was the use of all the months and years of patient Taylorized effort against the natural human fate: against anxiety, sorrow, old age—if their menace was to reappear whenever events slipped from her control?
1927, Edith Wharton, 'Twilight Sleep', Virago: London, 1996, p. 114
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylorizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| Taylorizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| Taylorized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| Taylorized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |