Shiitize

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verb

To make or become Shiite

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Meanings

verbShiitize (third-person singular simple present Shiitizes, present participle Shiitizing, simple past and past participle Shiitized)

present singular third person Shiitizes · participle present Shiitizing · participle past Shiitized · past Shiitized

  1. ambitransitiveTo make or become Shiite

    2006, Pacifist, Re: king abdollah on Iran, Iraq Group: Iranian Democratic Forum Some also address the endeavors to "Shiitize" some Sunnites in the region.

    2 more examples

    2007, NY trans, Weekend Carnage in Iraq; Sadrists Return to Parliament Group: uk.media Qatar-based Sunni preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi called on Iran to cease trying to "Shiitize" the region and accused it of playing an unhelpful

    a former Saudi opponent and one of the most popular Islamic writers of the last decade, spoke of Iran's “gigantic efforts” to Shiitize Syria

    2013, Sami Zemni, The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships

Origin

From Shiite + -ize.

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APA

Shiitize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shiitize

MLA

“Shiitize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shiitize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shiitize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shiitize.

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