familialize
familialize verb: to give familial character to.
Verb
familialize (third-person singular simple present familializes, present participle familializing, simple past and past participle familialized)
- To give familial character to
- This concept should not be understood as simply defining a part of an individual’s personality, but embraces an enactment and conception of the world which tend to familialize all of our relations to others and to our environment.2015, Jean-Luc Prades, “Sociopsychoanalysis and Psychofamilialism. Getting Away from the Psychologization of the Social”, in Nouvelle revue de psychosociologie, volume 20, number 2, page 213
Antonyms of familialize
Forms of familialize
| third-person singular present | familializes |
|---|---|
| present participle | familializing |
| past participle | familialized |
| past | familialized |
| alternative form | familialise |
Origin of familialize
From familial + -ize.
Words formed from familialize
Questions about familialize
- What does familialize mean?
- Familialize means to give familial character to.
- What part of speech is familialize?
- Familialize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of familialize?
- The past tense of familialize is familialized.
Words near familialize in the dictionary
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