| 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. |
| 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. |
| EMOTIONALIZE | • emotionalize v. (Transitive) To give (something) an emotional quality. • emotionalize v. (Intransitive) To make an emotional display. • EMOTIONALIZE v. to make emotional, also EMOTIONALISE. |
| FACTIONALIZE | • factionalize v. To split into factions. • FACTIONALIZE v. to split into factions, also FACTIONALISE. |
| FICTIONALIZE | • fictionalize v. To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods. • fictionalize v. To convert something into a novel or other dramatic work. • FICTIONALIZE v. to make fictional, also FICTIONALISE. |
| SECTIONALIZE | • sectionalize v. (Transitive) To divide into sections. • SECTIONALIZE v. to divide into sections, also SECTIONALISE. |
| DENATIONALIZE | • denationalize v. (Transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize. • denationalize v. (Transitive) To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation. • DENATIONALIZE v. to divest of national character or rights, also DENATIONALISE. |
| DEPERSONALIZE | • depersonalize v. (Transitive) To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize. • depersonalize v. (Transitive) To present (something) as an impersonal object. • depersonalize v. (Psychiatry, intransitive) To suffer an episode of depersonalization. |
| FRACTIONALIZE | • fractionalize v. To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate. • FRACTIONALIZE v. to break up into parts, also FRACTIONALISE. |
| IMPERSONALIZE | • impersonalize v. (Transitive) To make impersonal. • impersonalize v. To dehumanize. • IMPERSONALIZE v. to make impersonal, also IMPERSONALISE. |
| IRRATIONALIZE | • irrationalize v. (Transitive) To make irrational. • IRRATIONALIZE v. to make irrational, also IRRATIONALISE. |
| ORTHOGONALIZE | • orthogonalize v. (Transitive) To make orthogonal. • ORTHOGONALIZE v. to make orthogonal, also ORTHOGONALISE. |
| RENATIONALIZE | • renationalize v. (Transitive) To nationalize again, after a previous privatization. • RENATIONALIZE v. to nationalize again, also RENATIONALISE. |
| SENSATIONALIZE | • sensationalize v. (American spelling, Oxford) To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially… • SENSATIONALIZE v. to present in a sensational manner, also SENSATIONALISE. |
| TRADITIONALIZE | • traditionalize v. (Transitive) To make traditional; to turn into a tradition. • TRADITIONALIZE v. to make traditional, also TRADITIONALISE. |
| CONVENTIONALIZE | • conventionalize v. (Transitive) To make something conventional. • CONVENTIONALIZE v. to make conventional, also CONVENTIONALISE. |
| PROFESSIONALIZE | • professionalize v. To make something professional. • professionalize v. To advance an occupation to the level of a profession. • PROFESSIONALIZE v. to give a professional character to, also PROFESSIONALISE. |