editorialize
Americanverb (used without object)
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to set forth one's position or opinion on some subject in, or as if in, an editorial.
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to inject personal interpretations or opinions into an otherwise factual account.
verb
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to express an opinion in or as in an editorial
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to insert one's personal opinions into an otherwise objective account
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of editorialize
Explanation
When you editorialize, you offer your opinion when it's not appropriate. A newspaper reporter might editorialize by describing a state's Governor as "a loud mouth." There are many times when it's perfectly acceptable to express your personal opinion, but whenever it's not okay — especially in journalism — you editorialize. In a news article about farming, a writer might editorialize by stating her personal preference for locally grown food, for example. The word editorialize was coined in 1856, meaning "introduce opinions into factual accounts," from editorial, "written by an editor," and the Latin root editor, "one who puts forth."
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Since the film is a light cinéma vérité style, Iwerks doesn’t editorialize as to how it all did get done.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
They always want to editorialize and show us what they are.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2024
“We’re not trying to editorialize on any of this.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
Kurkov traces the development of his rustic hero with great subtlety and care, resisting the impulse to scold or editorialize.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
They lean with the prevailing winds and employ every fallacy of logic in order to editorialize harmoniously with popular prejudices.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
In a dozen stories about adopted, surrogate, or same-sex moms using hormone therapy—articles that ran as early as 2011 and as recently as this past April—not a single one I read editorialized against the practice.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2023
The line between the real dialogue and the editorialized bits of fiction isn’t always clear; the production inspires you to question it, examine it, see where the boundary is.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
The Toledo Blade, the local newspaper, editorialized against the sale.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2022
Wilson High’s student newspaper editorialized last year that the school should be renamed after Jackson.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2021
The Morning Herald, sanctimonious as ever, editorialized: There is a proper course in protesting substandard housing, and Operation Breakthrough would have been well advised to have counseled the Edgemont Community Council to follow it.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
To summon this forgotten world he has resorted to a patchwork of fictional narratives and first-person editorializing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
While the introduction and conclusion involve some editorializing, the 15 internal chapters of the book are straight historical facts that leave the readers to draw whatever conclusions they like.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2025
First up is Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, whose shamelessness requires no editorializing.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2024
But there were already complaints about Taruskin’s excessive editorializing, about his pronounced likes and dislikes, about what he had left out, and I wanted once more to set the record straight with Taruskin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
This need not be done by moralizing and editorializing.
From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor
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