plasticize

[ plas-tuh-sahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, plas·ti·cized, plas·ti·ciz·ing.

1. to render or become plastic.

plasticize

/ ˈplæstɪˌsaɪz /

verb

1. to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer

Derived Forms

• ˌplasticiˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• plasti·ci·zation noun
• un·plasti·cized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of plasticize¹

First recorded in 1925–30; plastic + -ize

Example Sentences

It’s not slickly stylized, ironic or plasticized as so much current animation can be.

From Los Angeles Times

“I don’t want a plasticized world,” she said.

From Salon

“We live in a society that kind of has plasticized everything we have. We’re all trying to look 25 or whatever and we’ve forgotten the beauty of the other side of that.”

From Los Angeles Times

Like an updated Pleistocene woolly mammoth trapped in an ice floe or ancient arthropods caught in tree resin, the plasticized clothing is caught between an industrial past and its faltering present.

From Los Angeles Times

The butt of a cigarette is primarily the filter, made of a type of plasticized cellulose acetate.

From Washington Times