cosmeticize en · VERB
Etymology
From cosmetic + -ize.
Meanings
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To make attractive, to superficially improve the appearance of
But to ignore or attempt to cosmeticize Kelly's history of political and institutional racism is a disgrace.
2000 January 7, Don Rose, “What a Whitewash”, in Chicago Reader:In our work, we don't try to cosmeticize anything.
1990 May 18, Albert Williams, “On Stage: LAPD's theater of the homeless”, in Chicago Reader:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cosmetize | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cosmeticizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cosmeticized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cosmeticized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| cosmeticizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| cosmeticise | alternative | lexicographic |