plasticizedadj.
/ˈplastᵻsʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈplæstəˌsaɪzd/ 1. Made (more) plastic or mouldable, esp. by treatment with a plasticizer or by a process of plastication.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > having undergone other processes
alumed1574
splinted1616
scribed1678
cold-drawn1716
droved1754
cool-drawn1774
swaged1842
spliced1859
chiselled1873
steam-cured1909
refinished1910
precast1914
fibrillated1929
plasticized1937
foamed1943
1937 Science 21 May 501/2 The practical superiority of plasticized sulfur as a jointing material in brick highway construction has been demonstrated by severe road tests under adverse weather conditions.
1943 Industr. & Engin. Chem. May 383/2 Paper and cloth coated with the plasticized esters may be crumpled without cracking the coating.
1989 Building 30 June (Suppl.) 31/1 Weak 1:1:6 or 1:2:9 mortars, or a plasticised 1:6 cement mortar will cope with this condition and successfully distribute the shrinkage stresses.
2. Treated or coated with plastic.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > synthetic resins and plastics > [adjective] > plastic > treated with
plasticized1945
1945 Richmond (Va.) News-leader 26 July 27/2 Sheer originality is seen in the new plasticized beaver fur coat which will not mat or curl in the stormiest weather.
1972 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 13 The cover-ups in plastic or plasticised cotton are good for sploshy activities like painting, attempts at cooking.
1993 Canad. House & Home Oct. 11 (advt.) This raised panel, white glossy, plasticized enamel door reflects state of the art finishing for durability and long lasting beauty.
3. figurative. Made (more) artificial or superficial; = plastic adj. 7b.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > artificiality > [adjective]
artful1609
arted1637
artificialized1684
fictitious1686
plastic1963
plasticized1968
1968 S. Yurick Bag x. 457 It's time we rose against the plasticized supermarket—reality of middle-class America that's choking us all.
1970 R. J. Gleason Bitches Brew (record sleeve notes) in Coll. Composition & Communication (1971) 22 343 Somehow in this plasticized world they have the automatic reflex that if something is labeled one way then that is all there is in it.
1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Oct. 8/1 The CEGEPs are huge, modern, plasticized education factories of as many as 5,000 students with little discipline, relaxed standards and the best equipment money can buy.
1996 Independent 21 Feb. 19/2 As even plasticised categories such as ‘Georgian’ or ‘medieval’ become too much of a strain on the cultural resources of the young, the salesmen are obliged to seek out less demanding themes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1937