linguisticize
linguisticize verb: to make linguistic; to reduce to a question of linguistics.
Verb
linguisticize (third-person singular simple present linguisticizes, present participle linguisticizing, simple past and past participle linguisticized)
- To make linguistic; to reduce to a question of linguistics.
- To Gotz, however, such a development is abhorrent; for his purposes the best application of language is obviously the one that "linguisticizes" least.1986, Bruce Kieffer, The Storm and Stress of Language: Linguistic Catastrophe in the Early Works of Goethe, Lenz, Klinger, and Schiller
- The complexity of the romantic "philological" transformation of Kantian Copernicanism is clearly manifest in the attempts to "linguisticize" the structure of subjectivity, which followed hard upon the heels of Kant's critical philosophy.1996, Paul Redding, Hegel's Hermeneutics, page 39
Forms of linguisticize
| third-person singular present | linguisticizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | linguisticizing |
| past participle | linguisticized |
| past | linguisticized |
Origin of linguisticize
From linguistic + -ize.
Questions about linguisticize
- What does linguisticize mean?
- Linguisticize means to make linguistic; to reduce to a question of linguistics.
- What part of speech is linguisticize?
- Linguisticize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of linguisticize?
- The past tense of linguisticize is linguisticized.
Words near linguisticize in the dictionary
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