dehistoricize en · VERB
Etymology
From de- + historicize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To separate or remove from history; to deprive of historical context.
Because the stunts disassociate these effects from their usual context, Jackass mimics state violence only to dehistoricize and depoliticize it.
2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dehistoricizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| dehistoricizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dehistoricized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dehistoricized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |