essentialize

verb

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es·sen·tial·ize | \ i-ˈsen(t)-shə-ˌlīz

essentialized; essentializing

Definition of essentialize

transitive verb

: to express or formulate in essential form : reduce to essentials

Examples of essentialize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The design seemed to essentialize a human will to beauty as a matter of workaday routine: ordinary ecstasy. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, "The Metropolitan Museum at a Hundred and Fifty," 23 Nov. 2020 Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize. — Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, "Write like you are telling a story to a friend," 10 Oct. 2020

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