Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

republicanize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-pub-li-can-ize
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert (a state etc.) to republican principles.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"France was republicanized."
"June 14, 1807, Thomas Jefferson, "Letter to John Norvell" He has taken the text of Hume as his ground work, abridging it by the omission of some details of little interest, and wherever he has found him endeavoring to mislead, by either the suppression of a truth or by giving it a false coloring, he has changed the text to what it should be, so that we may properly call it Hume’s history republicanised."
"To republicanize the rising generation, the convention of the people of South-Carolina made it the duty of the constituted authorities to do away this accompaniment of royalty as far as was compatible with liberty."

Etymology

From republican + -ize. Compare French républicaniser.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: republican

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

republicanizes (present, singular) republicanizing (participle, present) republicanized (participle, past) republicanized (past)

Derived Forms

republicanizer

Frequently Paired Words

republicanization

Questions

What does republicanize mean?: To convert (a state etc.) to republican principles.
Where does republicanize come from?: From republican + -ize. Compare French républicaniser.

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