| COMMUNALIZE | • communalize v. (Transitive) To take property into communal ownership. • communalize v. (Transitive) To transfer responsibility and power to the community level. • communalize v. (Transitive) To treat as happening to or belonging to one’s own group; to make (something) the subject… |
| CRIMINALIZE | • criminalize v. (Transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban. • criminalize v. (Transitive) To treat as a criminal. • CRIMINALIZE v. to make illegal, also CRIMINALISE. |
| DIAGONALIZE | • diagonalize v. (Mathematics, transitive) To convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix by multiplying it by a second… • diagonalize v. (Cybernetics) To design variables such that design problems only bear upon subsets that are loosely coupled to others. • DIAGONALIZE v. to put (a matrix) in a form with all the nonzero elements along the diagonal from upper left to lower right, also DIAGONALISE. |
| ENCARNALIZE | • encarnalize v. (Transitive) To carnalize; to make gross. • ENCARNALIZE v. to make carnal or sensual, also ENCARNALISE. |
| EXTERNALIZE | • externalize v. To make something external or objective. • externalize v. To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody. • externalize v. (Psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project. |
| INTERNALIZE | • internalize v. (Transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself. • internalize v. (Transitive, programming) To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent… • internalize v. (Finance) To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange. |
| MARGINALIZE | • marginalize v. (Transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a… • MARGINALIZE v. to make marginal, also MARGINALISE. |
| NATIONALIZE | • nationalize v. (Rare) To make into, or to become, a nation. • nationalize v. To bring a private company under the control of a specific government. • nationalize v. To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country. |
| PERSONALIZE | • personalize v. To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual. • personalize v. To represent something abstract as a person; to embody. • PERSONALIZE v. to make personal, also PERSONALISE. |
| RATIONALIZE | • rationalize v. To make something rational or more rational. • rationalize v. To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a… • rationalize v. (Mathematics) To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation. |
| REGIONALIZE | • regionalize v. (Transitive) To divide into or organize according to regions. • regionalize v. (Transitive) To administer on a regional basis. • REGIONALIZE v. to divide into regions or administrative districts, also REGIONALISE. |