Editorializations

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The practice of adding subjective commentary to written works involves conveying personal opinions and interpretations of events and issues
2. The act of incorporating subjective views or commentary into a text to influence interpretation
3. Adding individual judgments or perspectives to written material to shape readers’ understanding

Etymology: "Editorializations" is the plural of "editorialization", which is formed from "editorial" plus the suffix "-ization", meaning the act of editorializing or the result of it. The base "editorial" traces back through Middle English and Old French to Medieval Latin "ēditor", a producer or publisher of a work, which in turn comes from Latin "ēdere", to bring forth or publish. So the root sense is that of putting something out into the world, and the modern sense of a newspaper column gives way to something more personal: an editor's own opinions creeping into what was meant to be reporting. The suffix does most of the work here. "-ize" entered English through Middle French and Late Latin from Greek "-izein", and "-ation" carries the sense of an action or process. Put together, editorialization names the process of inserting one's own views into material presented as neutral. The word is a relatively modern formation built from existing parts, so its story lies more in the combining of those pieces than in any single dramatic turn.

Synonyms: commentary, interpretation, analysis, exegesis, critique