instrumentalize

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instrumentalize

verb instrumentalizes · instrumentalizing · instrumentalized · instrumentalise

  1. transitive To make into an instrument for achieving a goal. […] they also instrumentalize race to reinstate nostalgic, vanguard notions of political activism […]
  2. transitive To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice

Opposite: deinstrumentalize

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verb

Opposite: deinstrumentalize

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verb make into an instrument for achieving a goal

Españolinstrumentalizar
Portuguêsinstrumentalizar
Françaisinstrumentaliser
Deutschinstrumentalisieren
Italianostrumentalizzare
Ελληνικάεργαλειοποιώ ergaleiopoió

verb transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice

Deutschinstrumentalisieren
Italianostrumentalizzare

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@misc{instrumentalize_2026,
  title = {instrumentalize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/instrumentalize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}