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tabloidize

tabloidize verb: to convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.

Verb

tabloidize (third-person singular simple present tabloidizes, present participle tabloidizing, simple past and past participle tabloidized)

  1. (transitive) To convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.
    • Make the strategic mistake — toward the end of a pleasantly blunt chat conducted while traipsing around her farm and ogling its stellar inhabitants — of mentioning her tabloidized romance with Cian O’Connor, a garrulous Irish horseman who forfeited an Olympic gold medal in 2005 when his mount...2007 October 12, Robin Finn, “Jumping Toward Her Own Turn in the Spotlight”, in New York Times

Forms of tabloidize

third-person singular presenttabloidizes
present participletabloidizing
past participletabloidized
pasttabloidized

Origin of tabloidize

From tabloid + -ize.

Questions about tabloidize

What does tabloidize mean?
Tabloidize means to convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.
What part of speech is tabloidize?
Tabloidize is a verb.
What is the past tense of tabloidize?
The past tense of tabloidize is tabloidized.

Words near tabloidize in the dictionary

  1. tabloiding
  2. tabloidish
  3. tabloidism
  4. tabloidisms
  5. tabloidization
  6. tabloidize
  7. tabloidized
  8. tabloidizes
  9. tabloidizing
  10. tabloidlike
  11. tabloids

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