Home › Words › S › specularizespecularizespecularize means to make specular or reflective.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, specularize ranks #2,556 of 42,785 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom specular + -ize.verbTo make specular or reflective.To make visible; to elucidate, bring to light, or put on display.To make visual; to transform into or represent as visible image.e.g.“This temptation to specularize Canada in terms of its visibly exotic people must be avoided, largely because what this does is allow white power centres to continue to function, invisibly.” — 1993, Fuse Magazine - Volume 17, page 13:To view voyeuristically; to objectify as an object to be looked at.e.g.“Yet the overwhelming force of the drive to specularize is manifested by the fact that the second impulse is not concretized through the representation of 'ugly' or even 'unattractive' women.” — 1990, Manuel Alvarado, John O. Thompson, The Media reader, page 279:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.specular 81% match — Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective. vs specularize →specularity 73% match — The condition of being specular, or the degree to which something is specular vs specularize →reflectorize 61% match — To make (a traffic sign) reflective. vs specularize →metallicize 58% match — To make metallic. vs specularize →coruscate 57% match — To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle. vs specularize →glisten 56% match — To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash. vs specularize →specificize 55% match — To make specific. vs specularize →retroreflect 55% match — To reflect in such a way that the reflected rays are parallel to the incident rays. vs specularize →