Meanings
verbcivicize (third-person singular simple present civicizes, present participle civicizing, simple past and past participle civicized)
present singular third person civicizes · participle present civicizing · participle past civicized · past civicized
- transitiveTo make civic.
Civicizing public spaces is an antidote to marginalization and exclusion, and it requires that we restore linkages between municipalities, social networks, cultural institutions and communities.
2023, Teddy Cruz, Fonna Forman, Socializing Architecture: Top Down / Bottom Up, page 60
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civicize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civicize
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“civicize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civicize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “civicize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civicize.
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