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to pedestrianize

to pedestrianize

7.3
To make something ordinary and dull, without imagination
  • verb
  • /pəˈdɛstrɪəˌnaɪz/
translation icon : vulgarizar
  • Some edits can unintentionally pedestrianize a story, stripping it of its unique charm.

Examples

  • The director's changes only served to pedestrianize the once imaginative script.

  • Critics argued that the new translation would pedestrianize the poetry's original beauty.

  • Don't pedestrianize this project!

  • The new design pedestrianizes the entire area.

  • The director's changes only served to pedestrianize the once imaginative script.

  • Critics argued that the new translation would pedestrianize the poetry's original beauty.

  • Some edits can unintentionally pedestrianize a story, stripping it of its unique charm.

Synonyms

to vulgarize
vsto pedestrianize
  • US
1 8.4

To make something simpler and less refined to appeal to many people

makes it ordinary and dull rather than crude or low quality
to deglamorize
vsto pedestrianize
  • US
7.2

To make something seem less attractive or exciting

makes it ordinary and dull rather than glamorous

Antonyms

to elevate
128 3.9

To move something to a higher place or level

to enrich
85 3.9

To make something better by adding knowledge or nutrients

How Ordinary

to pedestrianize
7.3
to simplify
99 2.5

Surface Forms

pedestrianize infinitive
pedestrianized past
pedestrianized past participle
pedestrianizing present participle
pedestrianizes third person singular

Morphology

pedestrianize = pedestrian (transparent) = pedestrian + ize

The verb is a straightforward derivation from the adjective 'pedestrian' plus '-ize', meaning 'to make dull or ordinary'.

Etymology

Pedestrianize can also mean 'make ordinary' and comes from pedestrian with the root ped- meaning 'foot', because walking was seen as an everyday, common action. So, to pedestrianize a story or poem is to make it plain or dull, losing its special quality.