diminutivize

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verb

to turn into a diminutive

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Meanings

verbdiminutivize (third-person singular simple present diminutivizes, present participle diminutivizing, simple past and past participle diminutivized)

present singular third person diminutivizes · participle present diminutivizing · participle past diminutivized · past diminutivized · alternative diminutivise

  1. transitivehuman sciencesto turn into a diminutive

Origin

From diminutive + -ize.

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APA

diminutivize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diminutivize

MLA

“diminutivize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diminutivize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diminutivize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diminutivize.

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