editorialize
/ˌed.əˈtɔːr.i.ə.laɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective interpretations into news reporting or factual accounts where objectivity is expected.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Jerry Falwell's right-wing fundamentalist publication "Moral Majority Inc." editorialized that AIDS was God's "deserved punishments" against homosexuals."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin ēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English editorial 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 editorialize From editorial + -ize.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌed.əˈtɔːr.i.ə.laɪz/