problematize
verb
prob·lem·a·tize
ˈprä-blə-mə-ˌtīz 
problematized; problematizing
: to consider or treat as a problem
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In the immediate aftermath, he was brutally problematized for the performance.
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James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
In many cases, these artists are deliberately problematizing and stepping into a space to invite new ways of thinking and looking and feeling Black being.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
So often politicized and problematized and historicized and memorialized and so rarely, in today’s literary novel, simply described.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
Artists sometimes problematize as a marketing tool.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Mar. 2020
Yes, perhaps the last hope to problematize fascistoid nonprogressive edges, so to speak, is to reterritorialize the oppositional vernaculars.
—Rebecca Schuman, Slate Magazine, 26 Jan. 2017
Many anthropological types problematize too much for my taste.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2010
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James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
In many cases, these artists are deliberately problematizing and stepping into a space to invite new ways of thinking and looking and feeling Black being.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
So often politicized and problematized and historicized and memorialized and so rarely, in today’s literary novel, simply described.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
Artists sometimes problematize as a marketing tool.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Mar. 2020
Yes, perhaps the last hope to problematize fascistoid nonprogressive edges, so to speak, is to reterritorialize the oppositional vernaculars.
—Rebecca Schuman, Slate Magazine, 26 Jan. 2017
Many anthropological types problematize too much for my taste.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2010
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“Problematize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/problematize. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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