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deinstrumentalized

deinstrumentalized is the simple past and past participle of deinstrumentalize.

Meaning of deinstrumentalize

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.

Questions about deinstrumentalized

What is deinstrumentalized the simple past and past participle of?
Deinstrumentalized is the simple past and past participle of deinstrumentalize.

Words near deinstrumentalized in the dictionary

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

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