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dementalize

dementalize verb: to remove from a mental context.

Verb

dementalize (third-person singular simple present dementalizes, present participle dementalizing, simple past and past participle dementalized)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a mental context.
    • One knows other minds, only if one's third-person beliefs can be justified solely on the grounds that they provide the best explanation of the dementalized movements of others.1998, Charles Siewert, The Significance of Consciousness, page 19

Forms of dementalize

third-person singular presentdementalizes
present participledementalizing
past participledementalized
pastdementalized

Origin of dementalize

From de- + mental + -ize.

Questions about dementalize

What does dementalize mean?
Dementalize means to remove from a mental context.
What part of speech is dementalize?
Dementalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dementalize?
The past tense of dementalize is dementalized.

Words near dementalize in the dictionary

  1. dementalise
  2. dementalised
  3. dementalises
  4. dementalising
  5. dementalization
  6. dementalize
  7. dementalized
  8. dementalizes
  9. dementalizing
  10. dementate
  11. dementated

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