"thematicize" meaning in All languages combined

See thematicize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: thematicizes [present, singular, third-person], thematicizing [participle, present], thematicized [participle, past], thematicized [past]
Etymology: thematic + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thematic|ize}} thematic + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} thematicize (third-person singular simple present thematicizes, present participle thematicizing, simple past and past participle thematicized)
  1. To make into or explore as a theme.
    Sense id: en-thematicize-en-verb-yDHiQYMT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 28 36 36
  2. (linguistics) To insert a thematic vowel. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-thematicize-en-verb-g4TLpt4u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 28 36 36 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (linguistics) To insert a thematic vowel.
    (Indo-European linguistics, usually passive voice or intransitive) To change from an athematic type into a thematic one
    Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-thematicize-en-verb-q4yvP~Za Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 28 36 36 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: thematize, thematise, thematicise

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