Deinstrumentalize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Etymology

From de- + instrumentalize.

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