focalize

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focalize

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From focal + -ize.

verb focalizes · focalizing · focalized

To focus, or to adjust a focus.
To sharpen an image by focusing.
To concentrate on a particular location; to localize.
To switch to a particular perspective (focalization). The protagonist of The Monkey Wrench foGang, George Washington Hayduke […] is a smelly, "hairy, bawdy, independent loner" (Barber 1996, 133) and disillusioned ex-Green Beret who acts as crass as the third-person narrator who often focalizes through him.

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verb to focus, or to adjust a focus

Español	focalizar
Português	focalizar
Français	focaliser
Italiano	focalizzare
Русский	фокуси́ровать fokusírovatʹ

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@misc{focalize_2026,
  title = {focalize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/focalize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}