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mediocritize

mediocritize verb: to reduce to a state of mediocrity.

Verb

mediocritize (third-person singular simple present mediocritizes, present participle mediocritizing, simple past and past participle mediocritized)

  1. To reduce to a state of mediocrity.

Forms of mediocritize

third-person singular presentmediocritizes
present participlemediocritizing
past participlemediocritized
pastmediocritized

Origin of mediocritize

From mediocrity + -ize.

Words formed from mediocritize

Questions about mediocritize

What does mediocritize mean?
Mediocritize means to reduce to a state of mediocrity.
What part of speech is mediocritize?
Mediocritize is a verb.
What is the past tense of mediocritize?
The past tense of mediocritize is mediocritized.

Words near mediocritize in the dictionary

  1. mediocrists
  2. mediocrities
  3. mediocritist
  4. mediocritists
  5. mediocritization
  6. mediocritize
  7. mediocritized
  8. mediocritizes
  9. mediocritizing
  10. mediocrity
  11. mediocrity principle

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