homogenize

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UK/həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/US/həˈmɑːd͡ʒənaɪz/

verb

To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.

UncommonScrabble 25

Meanings

verbhomogenize (third-person singular simple present homogenizes, present participle homogenizing, simple past and past participle homogenized)

present singular third person homogenizes · participle present homogenizing · participle past homogenized · past homogenized · alternative homogenise

  1. To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
    1 more example

    While we neither refute nor endorse this contention of arrival at a more inclusive postmodernity, our analyses seek to explore the strange agencies that neoliberalism has set into motion under the banner of ablenationalism: first in a discussion of a backlash against the homogenizing implications of universal disability access design in cities and national monuments addressed by the contemporary European art theorist Paul Virilio, and in the complaints about paving over U.S. national parklands by American desert environmentalist Edward Abbey.

    2015, David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder, The Biopolitics of Disability, page 21
    1. To blend or puree.
    2. To treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
Broader
Narrower

verbcause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing

Similar

verbbreak up the fat globules of

Similar
Opposite
Broader
change stateturn

verbbecome homogeneous or similar, as by mixing

Similar
Broader
change stateturn

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan homogeneïtzar
  • homogeneïtzarto make homogeneous
Chinese Mandarin 均質 /均质
  • 均質 /均质 (jūnzhì)to make homogeneous
Dutch homogeniseren, homogeniseren
  • homogeniserento treat milk
  • homogeniserento make homogeneous
Finnish homogenoida, sekoittaa
  • homogenoidato treat milk
  • sekoittaato make homogeneous
  • homogenoidato make homogeneous
French homogénéiser, homogénéifier
  • homogénéiserto make homogeneous
  • homogénéifierto make homogeneous
Greek ομογενοποιώ
  • ομογενοποιώ (omogenopoió)to make homogeneous
Hungarian homogenizál
  • homogenizálto make homogeneous
Italian omogeneizzare
  • omogeneizzareto make homogeneous
Polish homogenizować, zhomogenizować
  • homogenizowaćto treat milk
  • zhomogenizowaćto treat milk
  • ujednolicaćto make homogeneous
  • ujednolicićto make homogeneous
Portuguese homogeneizar
  • homogeneizarto make homogeneous
Spanish homogeneizar, homogenizar
  • homogeneizarto make homogeneous
  • homogenizarto make homogeneous
Swedish homogenisera
  • homogeniserato make homogeneous
Cite this entry
APA

homogenize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homogenize

MLA

“homogenize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homogenize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homogenize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homogenize.

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