essentialize

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Synonyms: essentialise, essentialism, essentiality, essentialist, essentialized, essentializes

Antonyms: essentialise, essentialism, essentiality, essentialist, essentialized, essentializes

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To reduce (something) to its [[essence]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To misrepresent (something) by oversimplifying a summary of its essence.
3. {{lb|en|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).

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