deverbalize
English
Etymology
de- + verbalize
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈvɜːbəlaɪz/
Verb
deverbalize (third-person singular simple present deverbalizes, present participle deverbalizing, simple past and past participle deverbalized)
- (transitive) To make non-verbal; to strip of words.
- 1976, Lauren B Resnick, The nature of intelligence:
- Attempts to make first culture-free and then culture-fair tests have largely been efforts to deverbalize intelligence.
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