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deindividualisation

deindividualisation is the alternative form of deindividualization.

Meaning of deindividualization

Noun

deindividualization (usually uncountable, plural deindividualizations)

  1. (usually) The act or process of deindividualizing.
    • Anthropologists studying aid agencies have found that stereotypes and deindividualization are endemic among those in refugee work. It may be inevitable that large assistance organizations tend to objectify, simplify, and universalize the people under their care.2002, Ted C. Lewellen, The Anthropology of Globalization, page 178

Questions about deindividualisation

What is deindividualisation the alternative form of?
Deindividualisation is the alternative form of deindividualization.

Words near deindividualisation in the dictionary

  1. deindexation
  2. deindexations
  3. deindexed
  4. deindexes
  5. deindexing
  6. deindividualisation
  7. deindividualise
  8. deindividualization
  9. deindividualizations
  10. deindividualize
  11. deindividualized

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