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sublimate

verbCommon GRE wordMore S words

to redirect an impulse into a socially acceptable activity

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Sublimate in a sentence

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He sublimated his restlessness into long-distance running.

Synonyms
channelredirecttransmute
Antonyms
indulgeexpress

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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.

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Sublimate (verb) means to redirect an impulse into a socially acceptable activity
Here is sublimate used in an example sentence: "He sublimated his restlessness into long-distance running."
Common synonyms for sublimate include channel, redirect, transmute.
Antonyms of sublimate include indulge, express.
Sublimate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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