MEANING
To examine something in a way that reveals its assumptions, tensions, or previously overlooked problems.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- problematize an assumption
- problematize a category
On the page
The essay problematizes the distinction between public and private space.
She problematized the claim that silence implied consent.
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Word forms
- Base
- problematize
- Past tense
- problematized
- Past participle
- problematized
- Present participle
- problematizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- problematize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are problematizing
- Present perfect
- have/has problematized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been problematizing
- Past
- problematized
- Past continuous
- was/were problematizing
- Past perfect
- had problematized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been problematizing
- Future
- will problematize
- Future continuous
- will be problematizing
- Future perfect
- will have problematized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been problematizing
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Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: problematize; problematizes; problematized; problematized; problematizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: problematizes.
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