Usually means: Make topic prominent in sentence.
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  1. topicalize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. topicalize: Vocabulary.com
  3. topicalize: Wiktionary
  4. topicalize: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. topicalize: Dictionary.com
  6. topicalize: Rhymezone
  7. topicalize: FreeDictionary.org
  8. topicalize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. topicalize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (topicalize)

▸ verb:  (grammar) To place the topic of a sentence at the beginning.
▸ verb:  (sociology) To treat (a subject) as a topic.

Similar:
retopicalize, start, thematicize, contextualize, intro, contextualise, thematicise, term, put on the map, point, more...

Opposite:
detopicalize, de-emphasize, generalize, broaden

Types:
bring up, raise, broach, moot, suggest, more...

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Similar:
retopicalize, start, thematicize, contextualize, intro, contextualise, thematicise, term, put on the map, point, more...

Opposite:
detopicalize, de-emphasize, generalize, broaden

Types:
bring up, raise, broach, moot, suggest, more...



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