Ordinaryizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To make something appear normal or average
2. To alter or adjust a status to reflect common characteristics
3. To render an object or situation as typical, stripping away exceptions or uniqueness

Etymology: "Ordinaryize" is a transparent formation: the adjective "ordinary" plus the verb-forming suffix "-ize," which makes a verb meaning to bring something into the state the base word describes. Its sense follows directly from its parts: to make something ordinary. "Ordinary" came into English through Anglo-French from Latin "ordinarius," meaning orderly or regular, from "ordo," meaning order or rank. Its original sense was closer to "following the usual order" than to "dull" or "unremarkable." The suffix descends from Greek "-izein," passed into Latin as "-izare," and reached English largely through French, where it became a productive tool for coining verbs.

Synonyms: normalizes, standardizes, regularizes

Antonyms: extraordinizes, abnormalizes, irregularizes