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English
Etymology
From de- + individuate.
Verb
deindividuate (third-person singular simple present deindividuates, present participle deindividuating, simple past and past participle deindividuated)
- (psychology) to view as a group rather than as an individual; to remove societal norms that shape individual behavior; to remove or reduce individually identifying information
2014, Roxanne Hovland, Joyce M. Wolburg, Eric E. Haley, Readings in Advertising, Society, and Consumer Culture:"Although the work ethic is valued positively in our society, the “workaholic” stereotype deindividuates all members of a group, those who conform as well as those who rebel."
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