essentialize

== English == === Etymology === From essential +‎ -ize. === Verb === essentialize (third-person singular simple present essentializes, present participle essentializing, simple past and past participle essentialized) (transitive) To reduce (something) to its essence. (transitive) To misrepresent (something) by oversimplifying a summary of its essence. (transitive) To misrepresent (a characteristic of something) by falsely portraying it as essential to the whole (that is, implying that it defines the whole's essence). ==== Derived terms ==== essentialization essentializer ==== Related terms ==== essential essentialism essentialist essentialistic ==== Translations ====