topicalize

especially British, top·i·cal·ise

[top-i-kuh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

Linguistics.

topicalized, topicalizing 

1. to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.

Other Word Forms

• topicalization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of topicalize¹

First recorded in 1965–70; topical + -ize