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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable

   "“The individualization of systemic problems under late-stage capitalism is crazy,” Diacono later said."

2. 2
   discriminating the individual from the generic group or species wordnet

Synonyms

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alterationanalysisatomizationchangedemarcationdifferentiation

Antonyms

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generalization

Example

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"“The individualization of systemic problems under late-stage capitalism is crazy,” Diacono later said."

Etymology

From individual + -ization.

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