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queerize

queerize verb: to make queer (homosexual, transgender, etc.); to queer.

Verb

queerize (third-person singular simple present queerizes, present participle queerizing, simple past and past participle queerized)

  1. (transitive) To make queer (homosexual, transgender, etc.); to queer.
    • ... seems to have combined (and queerized) a dozen Harlequin novels.1998, Raymond Murray, Images in the Dark, page 491
    • The decriminalization of homosexuality which gradually took place in Australia from the 1970s onwards helped queerize the 1990s.2002, David Coad, Gender Trouble Down Under: Australian Masculinities, page 124

Forms of queerize

third-person singular presentqueerizes
present participlequeerizing
past participlequeerized
pastqueerized

Origin of queerize

From queer + -ize.

Questions about queerize

What does queerize mean?
Queerize means to make queer (homosexual, transgender, etc.); to queer.
What part of speech is queerize?
Queerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of queerize?
The past tense of queerize is queerized.

Words near queerize in the dictionary

  1. queerishness
  2. queerism
  3. queerities
  4. queerity
  5. queerization
  6. queerize
  7. queerized
  8. queerizes
  9. queerizing
  10. queerling
  11. queerlings

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