tangentialize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
tangential + -ize
Verb[edit]
tangentialize (third-person singular simple present tangentializes, present participle tangentializing, simple past and past participle tangentialized)
- (transitive) To make tangential; to bring or drive away from its natural course.
- 2002, Naomi Odenkirk, Mr. Show: What Happened? - Page 46[1]:
- " […] they're trying to get from start to finish, I will sort of tangentialize the conversation so people look at the journey in different ways, or with different possibilities."