cretinizev.

Brit.

/ˈkrɛtᵻnʌɪz/,

/ˈkrɛtn̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈkritnˌaɪz/

Forms: 1800s– cretinise, 1800s– cretinize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: cretin n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < cretin n. + -ize suffix, perhaps after French crétiniser (1835). N.E.D. (1893) gives the pronunciation as (krī·tinəiz)

/ˈkriːtɪnaɪz/.

transitive. To make (a person or thing) become cretinous; to cause (something) to become cretinous in character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > render stupid [verb (transitive)]

sota1400

moider1587

duncify1594

effatuate1630

besot1634

incrassatea1660

cretinize1846

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > cause to be mentally deficient [verb (transitive)] > reduce to severe mental deficiency

cretinize1846

1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxiv. 338 The Spanish Bourbons, when not ‘cretinised’ into idiots, are creatures composed to cunning and cowardice.

1858 Sat. Rev. 5 16/2 No Jesuit, seeking to cretinize humanity for pious purposes.

1869 Daily News 30 June Society as usually understood..would cretinize an archangel.

1918 W. R. Thayer Collapse of Superman vi. 64 Those who..feared that the German Supermen would overrun the world and persecute and cretinize its inhabitants.

1956 Clearing House 30 567/1 A few conscienceless promoters deliberately cretinize the American mind and imagination for the profits involved.

1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Sept. 17/1 The Party bureaucracy of China..is guilty of ‘cretinizing the most intelligent people on earth’.

2006 Guardian (Nexis) 3 June 36 Yet another pinnacle of human achievement, yet another great work of art, has been cretinised by men in silly suits in the name of entertainment.

Derivatives

ˈcretinized adj.

ΚΠ

1847 R. Ford Handbk. Travellers in Spain (ed. 2) 39/1 The ‘cretinised’ Bourbon Cardl. Luis is the climax of the imbecile.

1972 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 9 June 69 The false ideology that all hunting is bad and all hunters are horrible, bloodthirsty, cretinized creatures.

2009 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 June 9 A stunted, partly cretinised population may eventually turn out to be the Kim dynasty's main legacy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cretinize
释义	cretinizev. Brit. /ˈkrɛtᵻnʌɪz/, /ˈkrɛtn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkritnˌaɪz/ Forms: 1800s– cretinise, 1800s– cretinize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: cretin n., -ize suffix. Etymology: < cretin n. + -ize suffix, perhaps after French crétiniser (1835). N.E.D. (1893) gives the pronunciation as (krī·tinəiz) /ˈkriːtɪnaɪz/. transitive. To make (a person or thing) become cretinous; to cause (something) to become cretinous in character. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > render stupid [verb (transitive)] sota1400 moider1587 duncify1594 effatuate1630 besot1634 incrassatea1660 cretinize1846 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > cause to be mentally deficient [verb (transitive)] > reduce to severe mental deficiency cretinize1846 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxiv. 338 The Spanish Bourbons, when not ‘cretinised’ into idiots, are creatures composed to cunning and cowardice. 1858 Sat. Rev. 5 16/2 No Jesuit, seeking to cretinize humanity for pious purposes. 1869 Daily News 30 June Society as usually understood..would cretinize an archangel. 1918 W. R. Thayer Collapse of Superman vi. 64 Those who..feared that the German Supermen would overrun the world and persecute and cretinize its inhabitants. 1956 Clearing House 30 567/1 A few conscienceless promoters deliberately cretinize the American mind and imagination for the profits involved. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Sept. 17/1 The Party bureaucracy of China..is guilty of ‘cretinizing the most intelligent people on earth’. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 3 June 36 Yet another pinnacle of human achievement, yet another great work of art, has been cretinised by men in silly suits in the name of entertainment. Derivatives ˈcretinized adj. ΚΠ 1847 R. Ford Handbk. Travellers in Spain (ed. 2) 39/1 The ‘cretinised’ Bourbon Cardl. Luis is the climax of the imbecile. 1972 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 9 June 69 The false ideology that all hunting is bad and all hunters are horrible, bloodthirsty, cretinized creatures. 2009 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 June 9 A stunted, partly cretinised population may eventually turn out to be the Kim dynasty's main legacy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1846
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