individualize
to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
to mention, indicate, or consider individually; specify; particularize.
Origin of individualize
1- Also especially British, in·di·vid·u·al·ise .
Other words from individualize
- in·di·vid·u·al·i·za·tion, noun
- in·di·vid·u·al·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·in·di·vid·u·al·i·za·tion, noun
- un·in·di·vid·u·al·ized, adjective
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How to use individualize in a sentence
Canada’s social safety net and collectivist mindset are stronger, yes, but Yalnizyan argues that there are sound economic reasons why it’s better for federal governments to hold pandemic debt instead of individualizing the debt.
What Canada’s COVID response can teach the U.S. about social safety nets | Rachel Schallom | October 23, 2020 | FortuneThis individualization makes the stories they tell more diverse.
What Women Comedians Want: Yael Kohen’s ‘We Killed’ | Allison Yarrow | October 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBorrow knows his man thoroughly, but he will not trouble about little touches of individualization.
The Vagabond in Literature | Arthur RickettOf late years, however, there has been a tendency toward individualization in criminology.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry | Bernard GlueckThe source of all attractiveness is to be found in character, in sharpness of outline, in individualization.
Amiel's Journal | Henri-Frdric Amiel
Common sense cries out for individualization among the possible speakers.
Dramatic Technique | George Pierce BakerThe elaborate system of individualization in criminal procedure has to do wholly with individual human conduct.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law | Roscoe Pound
British Dictionary definitions for individualize
individualise
/ (ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjʊəˌlaɪz) /
to make or mark as individual or distinctive in character
to consider or treat individually; particularize
to make or modify so as to meet the special requirements of a person
Derived forms of individualize
- individualization or individualisation, noun
- individualizer or individualiser, noun
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