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trinketizing

trinketizing is the present participle and gerund of trinketize.

Meaning of trinketize

Verb

trinketize (third-person singular simple present trinketizes, present participle trinketizing, simple past and past participle trinketized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce to trinkets; to make tawdry and materialistic.
    • Likewise, mass production of local arts and crafts to produce volumes of souvenirs for tourists can trinketize indigenous craftsmanship.1995, M. Joseph Sirgy, A. Coskun Samli, New Dimensions in Marketing/Quality-Of-Life Research, page 306

Questions about trinketizing

What is trinketizing the present participle and gerund of?
Trinketizing is the present participle and gerund of trinketize.

Words near trinketizing in the dictionary

  1. trinketings
  2. trinketization
  3. trinketize
  4. trinketized
  5. trinketizes
  6. trinketizing
  7. trinketlike
  8. trinketries
  9. trinketry
  10. trinkets
  11. trinkety

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