Tartanize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tartanize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make (something) stereotypically Scottish; to tartan.
Meaning
(transitive) To make (something) stereotypically Scottish; to tartan.
Example Sentences
Particularly irksome for someone like Kerr, the plot had its basis in events that had occurred on Prince Edward Island – not Cape Breton Island – but the filmmakers had cavalierly transported the story to Nova Scotia at just the time when the province was in the midst of tartanizing itself.
Word Forms
- tartanizes
- tartanizing
- tartanized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include typify, torify, traditionalise, tavernize, tribalize, traditionalize.
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