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focalize

Syllabification: (fo·cal·ize)
Pronunciation: /ˈfōkəˌlīz/
Definition of focalize

verb

[with object] technical
  • focus (something), in particular.
  • (in literary theory) provide an internal focus for (a text):the narrative discourse is focalized around the consciousness of the central protagonist
  • Medicine confine (a disease or infection) to a particular site in the body.

Derivatives

focalization

noun

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