Essentialize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Essentialize is a verb meaning (transitive) To reduce (something) to its essence.
Meaning
(transitive) To reduce (something) to its essence.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To misrepresent (something) by oversimplifying a summary of its essence.
- (transitive) To misrepresent (a characteristic of something) by falsely portraying it as essential to the whole (that is, implying that it defines the whole's essence).
Example Sentences
to essentialize race by stereotyping "what Whites do" or "how Blacks think"
“This is an essentializing of Hinduism,” Ms. Narayanan said, “and the diversity of Hinduism in India is lost here.”
Word Forms
- essentializes
- essentializing
- essentialized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include essentialise, unessence, epitomize, eviscerate, abstractify, abstractize.
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