mediatize

English

Alternative forms

• mediatise

Etymology

From French médiatiser, German mediatisieren.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːdɪətʌɪz/

Verb

mediatize (third-person singular simple present mediatizes, present participle mediatizing, simple past and past participle mediatized)

1. To make (a state or leader under the Holy Roman Empire) into a mediate vassal rather than an immediate one, directly under the emperor; (by extension) to annex while preserving certain rights and titles. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 650:

     In all, 112 imperial Estates were mediatized or lost to France, including virtually the entire church lands east of the Rhine […].

2. To reduce the effect of (something) by introducing a mediating agent. [from 19th c.]
3. To filter (an event etc.) through the mass media; to exploit (something or someone) for media exposure. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

• mediatization

Translations

to filter through the mass media

• French: médiatiser (fr)
• Galician: mediatizar
• Portuguese: mediatizar
• Spanish: mediatizar (es)

Galician

Verb

mediatize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of mediatizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

mediatize

1. inflection of mediatizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative