topicalize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree English topic English -al English topical 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 topicalize From topical + -ize.
Meanings
- To place the topic of a sentence at the beginning.
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To treat (a subject) as a topic.
[…] during the whole media debate the alternative point of view and the perspective and rights of the minority groups themselves were hardly, if at all, topicalized.
2013, Teun A. van Dijk, News Analysis, page 203:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| topicalise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| topicalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| topicalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| topicalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| topicalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |