homogenize
/həˈmɑːd͡ʒənaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.78 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
verb
To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
verb
To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English homogen(eous) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English homogenize From homogen(eous) + -ize.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /həˈmɑːd͡ʒənaɪz/
- British English: /həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/