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editorialize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌed.əˈtɔːr.i.ə.laɪz/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin ēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English editorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English editorialize From editorial + -ize.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective interpretations into news reporting or factual accounts where objectivity is expected.
   • Jerry Falwell's right-wing fundamentalist publication "Moral Majority Inc." editorialized that AIDS was God's "deserved punishments" against homosexuals. 2007 May 26, Leslie Feinberg, “Care & prevention, not repression”, in Workers World:

Forms

Deriveds

editorializer

Translations (5)

pl przedstawić opinię (to express one's opinion as if in an editorial) · fi ottaa kantaa (to express one's opinion as if in an editorial) · pl przedstawiać opinię (to express one's opinion as if in an editorial) · es editorializar (to express one's opinion as if in an editorial) · ro editorializa (to express one's opinion as if in an editorial)