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On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 04:26:12 -0000, david.bircumshaw
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>>
>So now we have two new nouns forming verbs: 'problemat' and 'deproblemat'?
>
>I am problemating a little at this. Or, should I say, I am problemated.
But
>I'd rather say I'm struggling.
>
>For if the word is formed from 'problematic' then it should be
>'problematicise' (or '-ize').
>


In Italian we have "problematizzare" (to render problematic, to quest
something ) and "deproblematizzare" (to render unproblematic, to smooth
down something)so I imagine David is right and should be
problematicize/unproblematicize..

erminia