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deinstrumentalize

deinstrumentalize verb: to stop something being merely an instrument for achieving a goal, and thereby give it its own identity or autonomy.

Verb

deinstrumentalize (third-person singular simple present deinstrumentalizes, present participle deinstrumentalizing, simple past and past participle deinstrumentalized)

  1. (transitive) To stop something being merely an instrument for achieving a goal, and thereby give it its own identity or autonomy.

Antonyms of deinstrumentalize

Forms of deinstrumentalize

third-person singular presentdeinstrumentalizes
present participledeinstrumentalizing
past participledeinstrumentalized
pastdeinstrumentalized

Origin of deinstrumentalize

From de- + instrumentalize.

Questions about deinstrumentalize

What does deinstrumentalize mean?
Deinstrumentalize means to stop something being merely an instrument for achieving a goal, and thereby give it its own identity or autonomy.
What part of speech is deinstrumentalize?
Deinstrumentalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deinstrumentalize?
The past tense of deinstrumentalize is deinstrumentalized.

Words near deinstrumentalize in the dictionary

  1. deinstitutionalized
  2. deinstitutionalizes
  3. deinstitutionalizing
  4. deinstrumental
  5. deinstrumentalization
  6. deinstrumentalize
  7. deinstrumentalized
  8. deinstrumentalizes
  9. deinstrumentalizing
  10. deinsulated
  11. deintegrate

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