Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To propose problems.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To propose problems.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make into or regard as a
problem . - verb To consider something as if it were a problem.
- verb intransitive To
propose problems.
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Examples
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So think of that the next time you want to use the word problematize, friends.
Archive 2008-07-01 Tenured Radical 2008
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I hope the finished book will explain the value of its contributors 'attempts to "problematize" in "cognate disciplines."
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I hope the finished book will explain the value of its contributors 'attempts to "problematize" in "cognate disciplines."
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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The agenda of Ms. Venkatesan's seminar, then, was to "problematize" technology and the life sciences.
Unclear on the Concept Zoe Brain 2008
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If I read the word "problematize" one more time I'm going to vomit....
Archive 2008-07-01 Tenured Radical 2008
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The agenda of Ms. Venkatesan's seminar, then, was to "problematize" technology and the life sciences.
Dartmouth's 'Hostile' Environment Joseph Rago 2008
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If you like reading about literature, can ignore the frequent use of the ugly word "problematize", and aren't fanatically wedded to one theoretical approach, the book can be addictive.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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If you like reading about literature, can ignore the frequent use of the ugly word "problematize", and aren't fanatically wedded to one theoretical approach, the book can be addictive.
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He wants to 'problematize' intervention at 'elite' levels.
In the tradition of Orwell, Robert Fisk skewers the Egghead Mystifiers 2005
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He wants to 'problematize' intervention at 'elite' levels.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
stephanieconn commented on the word problematize
To problematize a term, writing, opinion, ideology, identity, or person is to consider the concrete or existential elements of those involved as challenges (problems) that invite the people involved to transform those situations. (Friere (1976) cited in Crotty (1998), p. 155-156)
Problematization is a critical and pedagogical dialogue or process and may be considered demythicisation. Rather than taking the common knowledge (myth) of a situation for granted, problematization poses that knowledge as a problem, allowing new viewpoints, consciousness, reflection, hope, and action to emerge. (ibid)
March 12, 2008
seanahan commented on the word problematize
Wow, just wow. I think I passed out twice trying to read that.
March 12, 2008
stephanieconn commented on the word problematize
seanahan, I am with you. I didn't say I LIKED these words, or their explanations, ha ha.
March 12, 2008