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totemize

totemize verb: to make into, or regard as, a totem.

Verb

totemize (third-person singular simple present totemizes, present participle totemizing, simple past and past participle totemized)

  1. (transitive) To make into, or regard as, a totem.

Forms of totemize

third-person singular presenttotemizes
present participletotemizing
past participletotemized
pasttotemized

Origin of totemize

From totem + -ize.

Questions about totemize

What does totemize mean?
Totemize means to make into, or regard as, a totem.
What part of speech is totemize?
Totemize is a verb.
What is the past tense of totemize?
The past tense of totemize is totemized.

Words near totemize in the dictionary

  1. totemists
  2. totemite
  3. totemites
  4. totemization
  5. totemizations
  6. totemize
  7. totemized
  8. totemizes
  9. totemizing
  10. totemlike
  11. totems

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