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simianize

simianize verb: to represent (a person, typically of a foreign or minority ethnicity) as simian.

simianize: to represent (a person, typically of a foreign or minority ethnicity) as simian
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Verb

simianize (third-person singular simple present simianizes, present participle simianizing, simple past and past participle simianized)

  1. (transitive) To represent (a person, typically of a foreign or minority ethnicity) as simian.

Forms of simianize

third-person singular presentsimianizes
present participlesimianizing
past participlesimianized
pastsimianized
alternative formsimianise

Origin of simianize

From simian + -ize.

Questions about simianize

What does simianize mean?
Simianize means to represent (a person, typically of a foreign or minority ethnicity) as simian.
What part of speech is simianize?
Simianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of simianize?
The past tense of simianize is simianized.

Words near simianize in the dictionary

  1. simianised
  2. simianises
  3. simianising
  4. simianity
  5. simianization
  6. simianize
  7. simianized
  8. simianizes
  9. simianizing
  10. simianness
  11. simians

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