baboonize

baboonize verb: to become, make, or treat like a baboon.

Verb

baboonize (third-person singular simple present baboonizes, present participle baboonizing, simple past and past participle baboonized)

To become, make, or treat like a baboon.
- but we declaim against the introduction of foreign locks, curls, and fripperies, which serve to baboonize and obscure, rather than to ornament and illustrate the face of man, however whimsical or parsimonious nature may have been in the moulding of it.1834, The Toilette of Health, Beauty, and Fashion, page 19
- They became "baboonized," as it were, joining ranks and traveling together in disciplined troops.1969, John E. Pfeiffer, The emergence of man, page 281

Their success was boosted by public figures who took note of the way she complimented friends and baboonized enemies.1996, Mid-Atlantic Country - Volume 17, Issues 1-5, page 82:
Some of these models continue to emphasize the importance of hunting, others "baboonize" hominid origins by positing a baboon-like adaptation.1999, Milford H. Wolpoff, Paleoanthropology, page 224:

third-person singular present	baboonizes
present participle	baboonizing
past participle	baboonized
past	baboonized

From baboon + -ize.

What does baboonize mean?: Baboonize means to become, make, or treat like a baboon.
How do you use baboonize in a sentence?: Their success was boosted by public figures who took note of the way she complimented friends and baboonized enemies.
What part of speech is baboonize?: Baboonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of baboonize?: The past tense of baboonize is baboonized.

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