routinize

American  

[roo-tee-nahyz, root-n-ahyz] / ruˈti naɪz, ˈrut nˌaɪz /

especially British, routinise

verb (used with object)

routinized, routinizing

1. to develop into a regular procedure.

2. to reduce to a customary procedure.

   He seems happier now that his life is thoroughly routinized.

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Other Word Forms

• routinization noun
• routinizer noun

Etymology

Origin of routinize

First recorded in 1925–30; routine + -ize

Example Sentences

“While the guy is dying, they slap a technical on him. At a certain point you routinize the deprivation of people’s liberties so much, you’re just checking a box.”

From New York Times

After that initial seven-mile hike, I decided that if my husband and I were going to survive Family Camp with our sanity intact, it was time to routinize.

From Washington Post

This unintended consequence creates tension and splintering within the mainstream — but also gives fringe organizations the visibility necessary to routinize their shared emotions into networks with more powerful organizations that help them raise funds that consolidate their capacity to create cultural change.

From Salon

Lee said the group’s decision to release the video of a person destroying the portraits of the leadership will probably “debunk the myth of inviolability of the Kim Il Sung cult and routinize the belief that the North Korean people, too, can stand up to Kim Jong Un.”

From Washington Post

Because this is not said often enough, he has been allowed to routinize lying and enshrine the vilest forms of divisiveness as a normal part of our politics.

From Washington Post