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PRONUNCIATION OF CRETINISE

cretinise  [ˈkrɛtɪˌnaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRETINISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cretinise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cretinise in English.

WHAT DOES CRETINISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cretinise in the English dictionary

The definition of cretinise in the dictionary is to cause to be a cretin or cretinous.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CRETINISE

PRESENT

Present
I cretinise
you cretinise
he/she/it cretinises
we cretinise
you cretinise
they cretinise
Present continuous
I am cretinising
you are cretinising
he/she/it is cretinising
we are cretinising
you are cretinising
they are cretinising
Present perfect
I have cretinised
you have cretinised
he/she/it has cretinised
we have cretinised
you have cretinised
they have cretinised
Present perfect continuous
I have been cretinising
you have been cretinising
he/she/it has been cretinising
we have been cretinising
you have been cretinising
they have been cretinising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I cretinised
you cretinised
he/she/it cretinised
we cretinised
you cretinised
they cretinised
Past continuous
I was cretinising
you were cretinising
he/she/it was cretinising
we were cretinising
you were cretinising
they were cretinising
Past perfect
I had cretinised
you had cretinised
he/she/it had cretinised
we had cretinised
you had cretinised
they had cretinised
Past perfect continuous
I had been cretinising
you had been cretinising
he/she/it had been cretinising
we had been cretinising
you had been cretinising
they had been cretinising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will cretinise
you will cretinise
he/she/it will cretinise
we will cretinise
you will cretinise
they will cretinise
Future continuous
I will be cretinising
you will be cretinising
he/she/it will be cretinising
we will be cretinising
you will be cretinising
they will be cretinising
Future perfect
I will have cretinised
you will have cretinised
he/she/it will have cretinised
we will have cretinised
you will have cretinised
they will have cretinised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been cretinising
you will have been cretinising
he/she/it will have been cretinising
we will have been cretinising
you will have been cretinising
they will have been cretinising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would cretinise
you would cretinise
he/she/it would cretinise
we would cretinise
you would cretinise
they would cretinise
Conditional continuous
I would be cretinising
you would be cretinising
he/she/it would be cretinising
we would be cretinising
you would be cretinising
they would be cretinising
Conditional perfect
I would have cretinise
you would have cretinise
he/she/it would have cretinise
we would have cretinise
you would have cretinise
they would have cretinise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been cretinising
you would have been cretinising
he/she/it would have been cretinising
we would have been cretinising
you would have been cretinising
they would have been cretinising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you cretinise
we let´s cretinise
you cretinise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to cretinise
Past participle
cretinised
Present Participle
cretinising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRETINISE


alkalinize
ˈælkəlɪˌnaɪz
cutinise
ˈkjuːtɪˌnaɪz
cutinize
ˈkjuːtɪˌnaɪz
feminize
ˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz
gelatinise
dʒɪˈlætɪˌnaɪz
gelatinize
dʒɪˈlætɪˌnaɪz
homogenize
hɒˈmɒdʒɪˌnaɪz
keratinise
kɪˈrætɪˌnaɪz
keratinize
kɪˈrætɪˌnaɪz
Latinise
ˈlætɪˌnaɪz
Latinize
ˈlætɪˌnaɪz
nitrogenize
naɪˈtrɒdʒɪˌnaɪz
patinize
ˈpætɪˌnaɪz
platinise
ˈplætɪˌnaɪz
platinize
ˈplætɪˌnaɪz
routinize
ˈruːtɪˌnaɪz
scrutinize
ˈskruːtɪˌnaɪz
serpentinise
ˈsɜːpəntɪˌnaɪz
serpentinize
ˈsɜːpəntɪˌnaɪz
trichinize
ˈtrɪkɪˌnaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRETINISE

crestless
cresyl
cresylic
cresylic acid
cretaceous
cretaceously
Cretan
Crete
cretic
cretin
cretinism
cretinoid
cretinous
cretism
cretonne
cretons
Creuse
creutzer
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
crevalle

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRETINISE

albuminise
alkalinise
attitudinise
bituminise
chlorinise
cocainise
deaminise
defeminise
defibrinise
desalinise
divinise
feminise
masculinise
organise
platitudinise
porcelainise
recognise
scrutinise
trichinise
vitaminise

Synonyms and antonyms of cretinise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cretinise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRETINISE

Find out the translation of cretinise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cretinise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cretinise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cretinise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cretinise
570 millions of speakers

English

cretinise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cretinise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cretinise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cretinise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cretinise
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cretinise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cretinise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cretinise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cretinise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cretinise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cretinise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cretinise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cretinise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cretinise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कटिटिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cretinise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incretinire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cretinise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cretinise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cretinise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποβλακώσει τους εργάτες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cretinise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cretinise
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cretinise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cretinise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRETINISE»

The term «cretinise» is used very little and occupies the 183.847 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRETINISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cretinise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cretinise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cretinise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRETINISE»

Discover the use of cretinise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cretinise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Precarious Reader
Schematically put: whereas Fordism sought to cretinise, to sever the brains of workers from their bodies so as to assign thought, knowledge, planning and control to management, post-Fordist capitalism might by contrast be characterised – in ...
Mute
2
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?: The Beatles Phenomenon
Many scholars, pundits, critics and observers, have had their misgivings about the relationships and their consequences: “Mass culture threatens not merely to ' cretinise' our taste, but to brutalize our senses, while paving the way to ...
John Astley, 2006
3
Liberalisation And Globalisation Of Indian Economy :
... to cretinise, dehumanise, degrade, humiliate, terrorise, intimidate, and cabbagify women. Through advertisements in newspapers, the poor /needy women are asked to lend their wombs for IVF on payment of money. Rich clients are sought ...
Ed. K.R. Gupta, 2005
4
Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century ...
Ibid., 136: "feuille catholique entretenue par des banquiers protestants et redigee par des juifs"; "ami de la haute banque." 48 Ibid., 138: "saigne une nation a blanc, la cretinise 268 I Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century ...
Diana R. Hallman, 2007
5
Arab-Australians Today: Citizenship and Belonging
Let them cretinise themselves with their cretinous mis-representations! Of course, to be able to do so requires a certain immunity from the effect of the stereotypes. This means that stereotypes do not end up costing people jobs, getting people ...
Ghassan Hage, 2002
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English Language Word Builder
... HETAERIST INAMORATO INEBRIOUS INTENSATE IPRINDOLE ISOPTERAN BANDOLEER BRASILEIN CARBONISE CASEATION CERATODUS COBALTINE CORNEITIS CRETINISE DEAMINATE DECURSION DENTALIUM DETONABLE ...
Bob Jackman, 2012
7
Encyclopaedia of Journalism and Mass Communication: Media ...
... not mean that culture spreads to the masses; rather that culture is destroyed in order to make entertainment. 'At its worst mass culture threatens not merely to cretinise our taste/ argues Rosenberg, 'but to 90 Media and Mass Communication.
Rajmohan Joshi, 2006
8
Lautréamont and Sade
In the final stanza of the book, at a moment when Lautreamont himself, having reached the end, experiences in his way the feeling of someone who no longer needs his path, he announces to his reader that he wanted to "cretinise" him (214 ).
Maurice Blanchot, 2004
9
Theology and literature
... with unconcealed denial, with suffering irritation and anger. He always responded sharply about it, about this official Russia: this flightly being, horrible and laughable at the same time, had now become totally stupid — tout s'est cretinise ...
Georges Florovsky, Richard Stanley Haugh, 1989
10
Proud to be flesh: a Mute magazine anthology of cultural ...
... available for such work, to regard life outside waged work as a time of preparation for, and readiness to, work. Schematically put, whereas Fordism sought to cretinise, to sever the brains of workers from their bodies so as to assign thought, ...
Josephine Slater, Berry Van Mourik, Pauline Broekman, 2009

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRETINISE»

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Last Wheel of Time eBook Will Have a Delayed Release; Will …
It's simply cretinise to suggest that people look for illegal alternatives simply because of the author's caution. Being from a legal background you ... «Good E-Reader, Jan 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cretinise [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cretinise>. May 2024 ».
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