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🖥️ To standardize 📚 To make official
to canonicalize

to canonicalize

9.9
To include a work in an official list of important works
  • verb
  • /kəˈnænɪkəˌlaɪz/
  • Formal
translation icon : canonizar
  • Scholars often debate which texts to canonicalize in literary studies.

Examples

  • The committee decided to canonicalize several new works as part of the official collection.

  • The museum's board voted to canonicalize the artist's early paintings in their permanent exhibit.

  • We need to canonicalize the data for consistency.

  • The team canonicalized the document yesterday.

  • The committee decided to canonicalize several new works as part of the official collection.

  • Scholars often debate which texts to canonicalize in literary studies.

  • The museum's board voted to canonicalize the artist's early paintings in their permanent exhibit.

Synonyms

to canonize
vsto canonicalize
  • Jargon
1 7.4

Declare a story, character, or event part of the official story in a made-up world

treats items as part of an accepted authoritative list
to officialize
vsto canonicalize
  • US
1 7.0

To give something formal approval from someone in charge

focuses on declaring inclusion in an accepted authoritative list

Antonyms

to exclude
338 3.0

To keep someone or something out so they are not part of something

How Canonical

to canonize
  • Jargon
1 7.4
to canonicalize
  • Formal
9.9
to acknowledge
367 3.8
to accept
∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

canonicalize infinitive
canonicalized past
canonicalized past participle
canonicalizing present participle
canonicalizes third person singular

Morphology

canonicalize = canonical (transparent) = canonical + ize

The verb is formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the adjective 'canonical', yielding 'treat or declare as canonical'.

Etymology

Canonicalize comes from canon meaning 'official rule' or 'list' and the ending -ize meaning 'make'. So to canonicalize a work is to 'make it official' by adding it to the accepted list or treating it as part of the canon.