Flunkeyize

/ˈflʌŋkiaɪz/ verb

Definition

To make someone into a flunkey; to cause someone to act like or become a flunkey; to reduce to servility.

Etymology

Combines 'flunkey' with the -ize suffix (from Greek 'izein,' meaning to make or cause), which turns nouns and adjectives into verbs describing transformation or action.

Kelly Says

The -ize suffix is powerful—'flunkeyize' suggests you can actively turn someone into a servile person, which is why political and social critics use words like this to describe how systems break people's independence.

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