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
Words Nearby individualize
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How to use individualize in a sentence
The problem is structural, and should not be individualized through vilification of particular bureaucrats or officials.
As Hong Kong Marks 25 Years of British Handover, Its 'Cage Homes' Remain a Stark Reminder of Its Inequities | Brian Wong | June 30, 2022 | TimeActivists gathered panels from around the country that bore the names and individualized the losses in the hopes that it would help people understand the disease’s impact and memorialize lives they feared history would not remember.
America Has Always Struggled to Memorialize Tragedy. Some Communities Are Trying to Do Better for COVID-19 | Simmone Shah | September 10, 2021 | TimeThese calculators — and the implementation of race correction — are intended to individualize risk so that doctors don’t apply a blanket decision to all patients and to remove physician bias when making difficult decisions.
“Race norming” and the long legacy of medical racism, explained | Fabiola Cineas | July 9, 2021 | VoxThe other – and bigger – problem is that these new guidelines individualize the response to a population-level problem.
New Mask Guidelines Make Sense in a Vacuum, But We Live in the Real World | Rebecca Fielding-Miller, Richard Garfein and Nancy Binkin | May 19, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIn a painstaking analysis, they show how hard the oil giant has worked to keep the conversation about climate solutions focused on the consumer, effectively individualizing responsibility for the problem.
ExxonMobil wants you to feel responsible for climate change so it doesn’t have to | Rebecca Leber | May 13, 2021 | Vox
The more extreme technical practitioners may so over-individualize this collective art as to make it almost unendurable.
Language | Edward SapirHere design to individualize the living-room comes into play, and is most conspicuous for good or for evil effect.
Needlework As Art | Marian AlfordOf course skill was needed to individualize the symbol, but that is what caricaturists propose to themselves.
Picture and Text | Henry JamesFor the first and foremost effect of the tropics is to individualize things.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney GreenbieThe only sure rule is to individualize the cases and make an exact diagnosis.
Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh
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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