individualization

1. 1.

   discriminating the individual from the generic group or species

   Synonymsindividualisationindividuation

   Broaderdiscrimination

Other forms of individualization

plural

individualizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about individualization

What does individualization mean?

individualization means "discriminating the individual from the generic group or species".

How many syllables are in individualization?

individualization has 9 syllables: in-di-vi-du-a-li-za-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for individualization?

Close synonyms include individualisation, individuation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is individualization a common word?

individualization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.