editorialize

English

Alternative forms

• editorialise (UK)

Etymology

From editorial +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌed.əˈtɔːr.i.ə.laɪz/

  • Audio (General American):

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Verb

editorialize (third-person singular simple present editorializes, present participle editorializing, simple past and past participle editorialized)

1. (journalism, intransitive) To introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective interpretations into news reporting or factual accounts where objectivity is expected. [from mid-19th c.]
   • 2007 May 26, Leslie Feinberg, “Care & prevention, not repression”, in Workers World‎:

     Jerry Falwell's right-wing fundamentalist publication "Moral Majority Inc." editorialized that AIDS was God's "deserved punishments" against homosexuals.

Derived terms

• editorializer

Translations

to express one's opinion as if in an editorial

Finnish: ottaa kantaa (fi) Polish: przedstawiać opinię impf, przedstawić opinię pf Romanian: editorializa Spanish: editorializar (es)