Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carterize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-ter-ize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make like former US president Jimmy Carter.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The latest evidence of an executive branch apparently determined to Carterize itself comes in the waffling over gasoline lead regulations."
"Ronald Reagan, already under attack from news hounds and political commentators as being overly simple in his approach to everything, deftly avoided all their efforts to "Carterize" him and his Christian beliefs and cruised to an easy electoral victory."
"It would seem to me we'd be Carterizing Reagan policy."
"One Clinton strategist grumbled that with so many initiatives in play, "We're worrying about Carterizing ourselves.""

Etymology

From Carter + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Carter

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

Carterizes (present, singular) Carterizing (participle, present) Carterized (participle, past) Carterized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

Carterization

Questions

What does carterize mean?: To make like former US president Jimmy Carter.
Where does carterize come from?: From Carter + -ize.

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