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deinstrumentalizing

deinstrumentalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 deinstrumentalizing

What is deinstrumentalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Deinstrumentalizing is the present participle and gerund of deinstrumentalize.

Words near deinstrumentalizing in the dictionary

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

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