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instrumentalization

instrumentalization is the alternative spelling of instrumentalisation.

Meaning of instrumentalisation

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 instrumentalization

pluralinstrumentalizations

Origin of instrumentalization

From instrumental + -ization or instrumentalize + -ation.

Words formed from instrumentalization

Questions about instrumentalization

What is instrumentalization the alternative spelling of?
Instrumentalization is the alternative spelling of instrumentalisation.

Words near instrumentalization in the dictionary

  1. instrumentalisms
  2. instrumentalist
  3. instrumentalists
  4. instrumentalities
  5. instrumentality
  6. instrumentalization
  7. instrumentalizations
  8. instrumentalize
  9. instrumentalized
  10. instrumentalizer
  11. instrumentalizers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instrumentalization (page history and authors); 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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