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instrumentalisation

instrumentalisation noun: the treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.

Noun

instrumentalisation (countable and uncountable, plural instrumentalisations)

  1. The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.

Forms of instrumentalisation

pluralinstrumentalisations
alternative forminstrumentalization

Origin of instrumentalisation

From instrumental + -isation.

Questions about instrumentalisation

What does instrumentalisation mean?
Instrumentalisation means the treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.
What part of speech is instrumentalisation?
Instrumentalisation is a noun.
What is the plural of instrumentalisation?
The plural of instrumentalisation is instrumentalisations.

Words near instrumentalisation in the dictionary

  1. instrumental rationality
  2. instrumental version
  3. instrumental versions
  4. instrumental width
  5. instrumental widths
  6. instrumentalisation
  7. instrumentalisations
  8. instrumentalise
  9. instrumentalised
  10. instrumentalises
  11. instrumentalising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instrumentalisation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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