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deindividualization en · NOUN

Etymology

From de- + individualization.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The act or process of deindividualizing.
   • Anthropologists studying aid agencies have found that stereotypes and deindividualization are endemic among those in refugee work. It may be inevitable that large assistance organizations tend to objectify, simplify, and universalize the people under their care. 2002, Ted C. Lewellen, The Anthropology of Globalization, page 178:

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