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thematize

thematize is the alternative spelling of thematise.

Meaning of thematise

Verb

thematise (third-person singular simple present thematises, present participle thematising, simple past and past participle thematised)

  1. (transitive) To convert (a sentence or a part of it) into a theme.
  2. (Indo-European-studies, transitive) To modify (a word or stem) by adding a thematic vowel.
  3. (transitive) To make thematic; to organize by theme.
    Synonyms:
    thematicise
  4. (transitive) To bring attention to (a topic), e.g. by discussing it constructively.

Forms of thematize

third-person singular presentthematizes
present participlethematizing
past participlethematized
pastthematized

Words formed from thematize

Questions about thematize

What is thematize the alternative spelling of?
Thematize is the alternative spelling of thematise.

Words near thematize in the dictionary

  1. thematist
  2. thematists
  3. thematizable
  4. thematization
  5. thematizations
  6. thematize
  7. thematized
  8. thematizer
  9. thematizers
  10. thematizes
  11. thematizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thematize (page history and authors); thematise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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