Familialize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give familial character to British, English, Oxford, US

    "This concept should not be understood as simply defining a part of an individual’s personality, but embraces an enactment and conception of the world which tend to familialize all of our relations to others and to our environment."

Example

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"This concept should not be understood as simply defining a part of an individual’s personality, but embraces an enactment and conception of the world which tend to familialize all of our relations to others and to our environment."

Etymology

From familial + -ize.

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