单词 | problemize |
释义 | problemizev. intransitive. To discuss or consider problems; to theorize, speculate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > engage in speculation [verb (intransitive)] dreama1538 venture1559 speculatea1677 problemize1844 ideologize1846 1844 A. H. Clough Let. 2 Nov. in Mod. Philol. 42 (1945) 176/2 In truth methinks it were too late At twenty six or twenty eight To problemize and speculate. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xvii. 88 It was a thing to set me problemising. 1910 Daily Chron. 29 June 6/2 Without beating about the bush, or problemising. 1991 J. Parikh Managing Your Self (2003) ii. vii. 98 It seems that most of us have formed a habit of perceiving problems, or ‘a propensity to problemise’. Derivatives ˈproblemizing n. ΚΠ 1884 W. C. Russell Jack's Courtship xxxii To drop all this problemizing for the plain truth. 1955 Mind 64 113 An attempted nullification of traditional metaphysical problemizing based on the results of such a study. 1992 B. Mohan Global Devel. i. ii. 28 Discourse becomes a point of self-reference in problemizing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1844 |
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