Instrumentalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Instrumentalize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal.
Meaning
(transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal.
More Meanings
- (music, transitive) To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice
Example Sentences
[…] they also instrumentalize race to reinstate nostalgic, vanguard notions of political activism […]
Word Forms
- instrumentalizes
- instrumentalizing
- instrumentalized
- instrumentalise
Antonyms for instrumentalize
Common opposites include deinstrumentalize.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include instrumentalise, weaponize, utilitarianize, utilitarianise, instrument, effect.
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