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productivize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive 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 productivize From productive + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To render productive.
   • Via campaigns to militarize, aestheticize, and productivize everyday life, the minds and bodies of Chinese citizens would become accustomed to the temporal rhythms of mechanized factory and agricultural work, and ever prepared to mobilize against domestic and foreign enemies. 2017, Maggie Clinton, chapter 4, in Revolutionary Nativism: Fascism and Culture in China, 1925–1937, Durham and London: Duke University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 130:

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