totalize

American  

[toht-l-ahyz] / ˈtoʊt lˌaɪz /

especially British, totalise

verb (used with object)

totalized, totalizing

1. to make total; combine into a total.

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totalize British  

/ ˈtəʊtəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to combine or make into a total

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Other Word Forms

• totalization noun

Etymology

Origin of totalize

First recorded in 1810–20; total + -ize

Example Sentences

At the same time, when thinking about this concept of the end of the world, it’s not a totalizing event, it’s more of a spectrum of things that people experience.

From Los Angeles Times

But another, more totalizing force was making itself known at the same time: the internet.

From Los Angeles Times

“Stephanie has become part of a tradition of artists and cultural workers that poke holes in these overarching and totalizing theories about how things work,” Beckwith said.

From New York Times

Sappho is an apt avatar for Schwartz’s project: The totalizing excess of queer art can overwhelm you with laughter or longing, blotting out the painful experiences it sometimes describes.

From Washington Post

It is a totalizing system that represses human agency and offers no escape: We are “like butterflies, pinned live and wriggling onto history’s collage.”

From New York Times