essentialise
essentialise is the alternative form of essentialize.
Meaning of essentialize
Verb
essentialize (third-person singular simple present essentializes, present participle essentializing, simple past and past participle essentialized)
- To reduce (something) to its essence.
- To misrepresent (something) by oversimplifying a summary of its essence.
- “This is an essentializing of Hinduism,” Ms. Narayanan said, “and the diversity of Hinduism in India is lost here.”2007 July 21, Neela Banerjee, “Camp Joins Summer Fun With Teaching Hindu Faith”, in New York Times
- To misrepresent (a characteristic of something) by falsely portraying it as essential to the whole (that is, implying that it defines the whole's essence).
- to essentialize race by stereotyping "what Whites do" or "how Blacks think"
Forms of essentialise
| third-person singular present | essentialises |
|---|---|
| present participle | essentialising |
| past participle | essentialised |
| past | essentialised |
Questions about essentialise
- What is essentialise the alternative form of?
- Essentialise is the alternative form of essentialize.
Words near essentialise in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: essentialise (page history and authors); essentialize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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