"editorialize" meaning in English

See editorialize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌed.əˈtɔːr.i.ə.laɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-editorialize.wav Forms: editorializes [present, singular, third-person], editorializing [participle, present], editorialized [participle, past], editorialized [past], editorialise [alternative, UK]
Etymology: From editorial + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|editorial|ize}} editorial + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} editorialize (third-person singular simple present editorializes, present participle editorializing, simple past and past participle editorialized)
  1. (journalism, intransitive) To introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective interpretations into news reporting or factual accounts where objectivity is expected. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: editorializer Translations (to express one's opinion as if in an editorial): ottaa kantaa (Finnish), przedstawiać opinię [imperfective] (Polish), przedstawić opinię [perfective] (Polish), editorializa (Romanian), editorializar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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