Modalize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 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."

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"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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