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editorialize

/ˌed.əˈtɔːr.i.ə.laɪz/

editorialize verb: to introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective interpretations into news reporting or factual accounts where objectivity is expected.

Verb

editorialize (third-person singular simple present editorializes, present participle editorializing, simple past and past participle editorialized)

  1. (intransitive) To introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective interpretations into news reporting or factual accounts where objectivity is expected.
    • Jerry Falwell's right-wing fundamentalist publication "Moral Majority Inc." editorialized that AIDS was God's "deserved punishments" against homosexuals.2007 May 26, Leslie Feinberg, “Care & prevention, not repression”, in Workers World

Forms of editorialize

third-person singular presenteditorializes
present participleeditorializing
past participleeditorialized
pasteditorialized
alternative UKeditorialise

Origin of editorialize

From editorial + -ize.

Words formed from editorialize

Questions about editorialize

What does editorialize mean?
Editorialize means to introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective interpretations into news reporting or factual accounts where objectivity is expected.
What part of speech is editorialize?
Editorialize is a verb.
How do you pronounce editorialize?
Editorialize is pronounced /ˌed.əˈtɔːr.i.ə.laɪz/ (US).
What is the past tense of editorialize?
The past tense of editorialize is editorialized.

Words near editorialize in the dictionary

  1. editorialising
  2. editorialist
  3. editorialists
  4. editorialization
  5. editorializations
  6. editorialize
  7. editorialized
  8. editorializer
  9. editorializers
  10. editorializes
  11. editorializing

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