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Etymology

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civic +‎ -ize

Verb

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civicize (third-person singular simple present civicizes, present participle civicizing, simple past and past participle civicized)

  1. (transitive) To make civic.
    • 2023, Teddy Cruz, Fonna Forman, Socializing Architecture: Top Down / Bottom Up, page 60:
      Civicizing public spaces is an antidote to marginalization and exclusion, and it requires that we restore linkages between municipalities, social networks, cultural institutions and communities.
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