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controversialize

controversialize verb: to make to appear controversial.

Verb

controversialize (third-person singular simple present controversializes, present participle controversializing, simple past and past participle controversialized)

  1. (transitive) To make to appear controversial.
    • "Astroturfers and propagandists tend to attack and controversialize the news organizations, personalities and people surrounding an issue rather than sticking to the facts."2015, Kevin Barry, Vaccine Whistleblower: Exposing Autism Research Fraud at the CDC

Forms of controversialize

third-person singular presentcontroversializes
present participlecontroversializing
past participlecontroversialized
pastcontroversialized

Origin of controversialize

From controversial + -ize.

Questions about controversialize

What does controversialize mean?
Controversialize means to make to appear controversial.
What part of speech is controversialize?
Controversialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of controversialize?
The past tense of controversialize is controversialized.

Words near controversialize in the dictionary

  1. controversialisms
  2. controversialist
  3. controversialists
  4. controversialities
  5. controversiality
  6. controversialize
  7. controversialized
  8. controversializes
  9. controversializing
  10. controversiall
  11. controversially

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