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mechanicalize, v.|mɪˈkænɪkəˌlaɪz|
[f. mechanical a. + -ize.]
trans. To render mechanical (in any sense of the adj.); formerly, † to degrade to the rank or character of a mechanic; ‘to render mean or low’ (Todd 1818). Also meˈchanicalized ppl. a., meˈchanicalizing vbl. n.
1611Cotgr., Mechanizé, Mechanicalized; made, or growne base, vile, ordinarie, meane. 1892Cosmopolitan XIII. 155/2 Even utilitarianism and the mechanicalizing of labor have failed entirely to take away its significance. 1903Daily News 4 Mar. 3/1 The tendency of modern industry to ‘mechanicalise men.’ 1924Army Q. Oct. 39 The first step suggested is that the divisional transport should be mechanicalized. 1926Glasgow Herald 9 Sept. 9 One of the problems studied..was the landing of a mechanicalised force on an open beach in the face of opposition. |