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to editorialize

to editorialize

12 8.1
To give your own opinion when you should be neutral
  • verb
  • /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːriəˌlaɪz/
  • Literature
translation icon : editorializar
  • And just not to editorialize, but I am stunned by the selfishness of Joe Biden.
  • newspaper editorialized

And just not to editorialize, but I am stunned by the selfishness of Joe Biden.

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Examples

  • We want news that is accurate and useful, and watchdog reporting and editorializing on local government.

    Blog text (32)
  • I'm sitting here listening to you editorialize...

  • Now what they can do in the New York Times, what they do do is editorialize in the article.

  • We try not to editorialize the the beginning, but I agree.

  • Nature, the British professional journal of science, editorialized about us in 1969.

    Academic text (1992)
  • A provision in the Act prohibited any television or radio station receiving these federal funds from editorializing.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The Wall Street Journal, for example, editorializes for totally unrestricted immigration.

    Academic text (2002)
  • We're also permitting ourselves a rare bit of editorializing about the deplorable tone of this particular campaign.

    Blog text (26)
  • In New York, for example, the Herald Tribune editorialized that the wholesale internment of citizens violated the Constitution.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Many news outlets choose not to editorialize and instead focus on objective reporting.

Synonyms

to opinionize on
vsto editorialize
  • Informal
8.0

To express your personal views about a subject

expresses bias when neutrality is expected rather than only sharing views
to subjectivize
vsto editorialize
  • Formal
9.0

To treat something as a personal opinion rather than a fact

adds personal opinion where neutrality is expected rather than just altering tone

Antonyms

1.3

A written or spoken account that gives information about something

How Opinionated

to propagandize
  • Literature
5 9.1
to advocate
343 3.7
to editorialize
  • Literature
12 8.1
to comment
589 1.7
to note
951 1.6

Surface Forms

editorialize infinitive
editorialized past participle
editorializing present participle
editorializes third person singular

Morphology

editorialize = editorial (transparent) = editorial + ize

The verb is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ize' to 'editorial', meaning 'to make or express in the manner of an editorial', which learners can infer from knowing 'editorial'.

Etymology

Editorialize comes from editor ('someone who edits') plus the ending -ialize ('to make or act like'). So to editorialize is like an editor adding their own voice or opinion to a news story, which is why it means expressing personal opinion when you should be neutral.