“The St. Valentine's Day Massacre”…artificializes and confuses the tawdry history it is supposed to relate (Bosley Crowther).
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de|com|mer|cial|ize — «DEE kuh MUR shuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to stop the commercialization of; remove the methods and spirit of commerce from (an institution, industry, or activity): »a crusade to decommercialize Christmas (New Yorker) … Useful english dictionary
su|per|fi|cial|ize — «SOO puhr FIHSH uh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make superficial; treat superficially … Useful english dictionary
sub|spe|cial|ize — «suhb SPEHSH uh lyz», intransitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to pursue a subspecialty: »to subspecialize in transplant surgery or child psychology. –sub|spe´cial|ist, noun. –sub|spe´cial|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
de|so|cial|ize — «dee SOH shuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to subject to desocialization: »Darkness isolates and desocializes the citizen (Harper s). –de|so´cial|iz´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
pro|vin|cial|ize — «pruh VIHN shuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to make provincial; give a provincial character or name to. 2. to bring under the jurisdiction of a province: »Lesage wants to provincialize such federally administered plans as unemployment … Useful english dictionary
re|so|cial|ize — «ree SOH shuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to restore to an earlier social status; return to normal society; rehabilitate socially: »The U.S. Army…will attempt to educate, train, and resocialize many who are at present rejects of society… … Useful english dictionary
so|cial|ize — «SOH shuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.i. to be social or sociable; enter social relationships with others: »He has never learned to socialize with his fellow workers. –v.t. 1. to establish or regulate in accordance with socialism: »to socialize… … Useful english dictionary
com|mer|cial|ize — «kuh MUR shuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make a matter of business or trade: »Charging admission to church services would commercialize religion. If we are going to be patrons of art, business reasoned, we must not…“commercialize”… … Useful english dictionary
de|ra|cial|ize — «dee RAY shuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to remove racial characteristics, qualities, or attitudes from: »to deracialize a group, a segregated school, etc … Useful english dictionary
of|fi|cial|ize — «uh FIHSH uh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make official in character: »They have popularized, officialized, and standardized the modern vocabulary (Atlantic) … Useful english dictionary
