Dictionary

homogenize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /həˈmɑːd͡ʒənaɪz/ (US)
• /həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English homogen(eous) 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 homogenize From homogen(eous) + -ize.

Meanings

1. To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
   • While we neither refute nor endorse this contention of arrival at a more inclusive postmodernity, our analyses seek to explore the strange agencies that neoliberalism has set into motion under the banner of ablenationalism: first in a discussion of a backlash against the homogenizing implications of universal disability access design in cities and national monuments addressed by the contemporary European art theorist Paul Virilio, and in the complaints about paving over U.S. national parklands by American desert environmentalist Edward Abbey. 2015, David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder, The Biopolitics of Disability, page 21:
2. To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform. ▸ To blend or puree.
3. To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform. ▸ To treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.

Forms

Antonyms

diversify

Deriveds

homogenizability · rehomogenize · homogenizer · overhomogenize · homogenizable · cryohomogenize

Hypernyms

alter · mix

Hyponyms

puree

Relateds

homogeneity · homogeny · homogenization

Synonyms

blend · uniformize · homogenize · fuse · inosculate

Translations (21)

nl homogeniseren (to make homogeneous) · hu homogenizál (to make homogeneous) · it omogeneizzare (to make homogeneous) · fi sekoittaa (to make homogeneous) · es homogenizar (to make homogeneous) · gl homoxeneizar (to make homogeneous) · cmn 均質 /均质 (to make homogeneous) · pl ujednolicić (to make homogeneous) · ca homogeneïtzar (to make homogeneous) · sv homogenisera (to make homogeneous) · pt homogeneizar (to make homogeneous) · fr homogénéifier (to make homogeneous) · pl zhomogenizować (to treat milk) · fi homogenoida (to treat milk) · fr homogénéiser (to make homogeneous) · es homogeneizar (to make homogeneous) · nl homogeniseren (to treat milk) · pl ujednolicać (to make homogeneous) · fi homogenoida (to make homogeneous) · pl homogenizować (to treat milk) · el ομογενοποιώ (to make homogeneous)