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deindividuates

deindividuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deindividuate.

Meaning of deindividuate

Verb

deindividuate (third-person singular simple present deindividuates, present participle deindividuating, simple past and past participle deindividuated)

  1. to view as a group rather than as an individual; to remove societal norms that shape individual behavior; to remove or reduce individually identifying information
    • "Although the work ethic is valued positively in our society, the “workaholic” stereotype deindividuates all members of a group, those who conform as well as those who rebel."2014, Roxanne Hovland, Joyce M. Wolburg, Eric E. Haley, Readings in Advertising, Society, and Consumer Culture

Questions about deindividuates

What is deindividuates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deindividuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deindividuate.

Words near deindividuates in the dictionary

  1. deindividualized
  2. deindividualizes
  3. deindividualizing
  4. deindividuate
  5. deindividuated
  6. deindividuates
  7. deindividuating
  8. deindividuation
  9. deindoctrination
  10. deinduce
  11. deinduced

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