Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

middle easternize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mid-dle east-ern-ize
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render something Middle Eastern in character.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Furthermore, by bringing the Eritrean issue into the Arab League it tried to Middle-Easternize the Eritrean issue and, by extension, the Nile one."
"Just as Muslim Spain Europeanized the Jews of the Middle East, Israel must Middle Easternize European Jews."
"Most scholars as a result simply continue to Middle Easternize the Middle East, repeating by implication the old East and West of earlier writing."

Etymology

From Middle Eastern + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Middle Eastern

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

Middle Easternizes (present, singular) Middle Easternizing (participle, present) Middle Easternized (participle, past) Middle Easternized (past) Middle Easternise (alternative)

Questions

What does middle easternize mean?: To render something Middle Eastern in character.
Where does middle easternize come from?: From Middle Eastern + -ize.

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