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scotomize

scotomize verb: to avoid or forget an undesirable memory or trauma.

Verb

scotomize (third-person singular simple present scotomizes, present participle scotomizing, simple past and past participle scotomized)

  1. To avoid or forget an undesirable memory or trauma.

Forms of scotomize

third-person singular presentscotomizes
present participlescotomizing
past participlescotomized
pastscotomized

Origin of scotomize

By surface analysis, scot- + -omize, from -oma + -ize.

Questions about scotomize

What does scotomize mean?
Scotomize means to avoid or forget an undesirable memory or trauma.
What part of speech is scotomize?
Scotomize is a verb.
What is the past tense of scotomize?
The past tense of scotomize is scotomized.

Words near scotomize in the dictionary

  1. scotomia
  2. scotomias
  3. scotomies
  4. scotomization
  5. scotomizations
  6. scotomize
  7. scotomizing
  8. scotomy
  9. scotoperiod
  10. scotoperiods
  11. scotophase

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