essentialize
verb
es·sen·tial·ize
i-ˈsen(t)-shə-ˌlīz 
essentialized; essentializing
: to express or formulate in essential form : reduce to essentials
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Indeed, people essentialize language.
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Katherine D. Kinzler, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2020
The design seemed to essentialize a human will to beauty as a matter of workaday routine: ordinary ecstasy.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.
—Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
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Katherine D. Kinzler, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2020
The design seemed to essentialize a human will to beauty as a matter of workaday routine: ordinary ecstasy.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.
—Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
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“Essentialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essentialize. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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