Modalize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To become or cause to become modal
"There is a new contradiction inside the gay community, which is that it's becoming more 'modalized', to use a technical term. I'm referring to the clone system, or any kind of system like it. The gay ghetto is not a real integration of gays into society. It's just a concentration of the gay population."
Example
More examples"There is a new contradiction inside the gay community, which is that it's becoming more 'modalized', to use a technical term. I'm referring to the clone system, or any kind of system like it. The gay ghetto is not a real integration of gays into society. It's just a concentration of the gay population."
Etymology
From modal + -ize.
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