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 focalizationPronunciation: /ˌfōkəliˈzāSHən/ noun focalize in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of focalize in the British & World English dictionary