1. to raise questions about or challenge the validity, assumptions, or taken-for-granted nature of something
Usage: chiefly British spelling; American English typically uses 'problematize'; academic and critical discourse
2. to make something a problem or cause it to become problematic
Usage: less common usage

Examples

• The researcher sought to problematise the conventional wisdom about gender roles in society.
• Critical theorists problematise the notion that technology is neutral.
• We need to problematise our assumptions about what constitutes success.
• The documentary problematises the idea that progress is always beneficial.
• Scholars have begun to problematise the traditional boundaries between art and commerce.
• Her work problematises the relationship between language and reality.