"scotomize" meaning in All languages combined

See scotomize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: scotomizes [present, singular, third-person], scotomizing [participle, present], scotomized [participle, past], scotomized [past]
Etymology: By surface analysis, scot- + -omize, from -oma + -ize. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|scot-|-omize}} By surface analysis, scot- + -omize, {{af|en|-oma|-ize}} -oma + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} scotomize (third-person singular simple present scotomizes, present participle scotomizing, simple past and past participle scotomized)
  1. To avoid or forget an undesirable memory or trauma.

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "scot-",
      "scot-#English"
    ],
    [
      "-omize",
      "-omize#English"
    ],
    [
      "-oma",
      "-oma#English"
    ],
    [
      "-ize",
      "-ize#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scot-",
        "3": "-omize"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, scot- + -omize",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-oma",
        "3": "-ize"
      },
      "expansion": "-oma + -ize",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By surface analysis, scot- + -omize, from -oma + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scotomizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scotomizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scotomized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scotomized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scotomize (third-person singular simple present scotomizes, present participle scotomizing, simple past and past participle scotomized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with scot-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ize",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -oma",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -omize",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Psychology",
          "orig": "en:Psychology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid or forget an undesirable memory or trauma."
      ],
      "id": "en-scotomize-en-verb-~ECrHPV9",
      "links": [
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "forget",
          "forget"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ],
        [
          "memory",
          "memory"
        ],
        [
          "trauma",
          "trauma"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scotomize"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "scot-",
      "scot-#English"
    ],
    [
      "-omize",
      "-omize#English"
    ],
    [
      "-oma",
      "-oma#English"
    ],
    [
      "-ize",
      "-ize#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scot-",
        "3": "-omize"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, scot- + -omize",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-oma",
        "3": "-ize"
      },
      "expansion": "-oma + -ize",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By surface analysis, scot- + -omize, from -oma + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scotomizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scotomizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scotomized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scotomized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scotomize (third-person singular simple present scotomizes, present participle scotomizing, simple past and past participle scotomized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with scot-",
        "English terms suffixed with -ize",
        "English terms suffixed with -oma",
        "English terms suffixed with -omize",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Psychology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid or forget an undesirable memory or trauma."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "forget",
          "forget"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ],
        [
          "memory",
          "memory"
        ],
        [
          "trauma",
          "trauma"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scotomize"
}

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