problematize
verb
prob·lem·a·tize
ˈprä-blə-mə-ˌtīz 
problematized; problematizing
: to consider or treat as a problem
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So often politicized and problematized and historicized and memorialized and so rarely, in today’s literary novel, simply described.
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Sam Sacks, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
Many anthropological types problematize too much for my taste.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2010
Artists sometimes problematize as a marketing tool.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Mar. 2020
Yes, perhaps the last hope to problematize fascistoid nonprogressive edges, so to speak, is to reterritorialize the oppositional vernaculars.
—Rebecca Schuman, Slate Magazine, 26 Jan. 2017
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Sam Sacks, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
Many anthropological types problematize too much for my taste.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2010
Artists sometimes problematize as a marketing tool.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Mar. 2020
Yes, perhaps the last hope to problematize fascistoid nonprogressive edges, so to speak, is to reterritorialize the oppositional vernaculars.
—Rebecca Schuman, Slate Magazine, 26 Jan. 2017
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“Problematize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/problematize. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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