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problematize
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English
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρόβλημα, προβλήματος (próblēma, problḗmatos) + -ize.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒbləmətaɪz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑbləmətaɪz/
Verb
problematize (third-person singular simple present problematizes, present participle problematizing, simple past and past participle problematized)
- (transitive) To make something into a problem.
- 2021, Cate Quinn, Black Widows, page 289:
- "If the mob are involved in building a casino," Tina says, "offing some guy who's problematizing their plans is nothing to them. […]
- (transitive) To consider something as if it were a problem.
- 2024 September 19, Ahmed Yussuf, “Australia's population reaches 27 million with growth largely driven by overseas migration”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
- Dr Allen said it could affect social cohesion and potentially drive harmful rhetoric around migration when Australia's population change was problematised.
- (intransitive) To propose problems.
- 1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Act II, Scene vi
- Hear him problematize.
Derived terms
Translations
to consider something as if it were a problem
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Verb
problematize
- inflection of problematizar:
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