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Essentialize meaning
To reduce (something) to its essence. | To misrepresent (something) by oversimplifying a summary of its essence. | To misrepresent (a characteristic of something) by falsely portraying it as essential to the whole (that is, implying that it defines the whole's essence).
Example sentences (2)
We essentialize the other as a behavior — “protesters” instead of people protesting or GW students protesting.
Just as “Italian food” or “Italian culture” is too monolithic a descriptor for something so complex and diverse, it is impossible to essentialize a place even as small as Golfo Paradiso.