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personalized

personalized

5.7
About a particular person in a way that insults or hurts them
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɜrsənəlaɪzd/
  • Offensive
translation icon : personal (ofensivo)
  • The advertisement was criticized for its personalized approach, as it seemed to invade people's private lives.

And that's coming from someone who thought he had problems that were sort of personalized and permanent, unfixable.

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Examples

  • And no, it's the aftermath of some personalized guided meditation reinforcing all of their worst impulses.

  • And I think the other, the other reason is that as soon as something's personalized to you, you're much more likely to take believe it.

  • Hey, already with their little personalized notes.

  • This is not personalized financial advice.

  • It's an expression of your very individual personalized life.

  • It's an expression of your very individual personalized life.

  • This is, yes, of course, the fear of the person, the personalized sense of self or the ego, which can feel

  • What I've had it with is personalized license tags on cars.

  • And that's coming from someone who thought he had problems that were sort of personalized and permanent, unfixable.

  • Again, this isn't personalized advice, but that's what I'm thinking.

Synonyms

personal
vspersonalized
1.4

Relating to a particular person's character, feelings, or private life

is about private matters but often in an intrusive or offensive way
hyperpersonal
vspersonalized
8.6

Questions that ask about someone's private life and feel intrusive

is often intrusive or offensive but less excessive in revealing private details

Antonyms

25 5.1

Not showing personal feelings or warmth and seeming distant

Compounds

A small gift given to party guests with their name on it

How Personal

intrusive
52 6.1
personalized
  • Offensive
5.7
intimate
5 5.1
personal
1.4
impersonal
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Surface Forms

personalized positive

Morphology

personalized = personalize (transparent) = personal + ize + ed

The adjectival sense is the participial form of 'personalize', formed by regular suffixation, though pragmatic nuance (intrusive/offensive) is added by context.

Etymology

Personalized also comes from personal and person, with personal meaning 'private to someone'. So when a remark is called personalized, it touches a person's private life or feelings and can feel like an attack or hurt someone's feelings.