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🏭 To automate 🤖 To make emotionless
to robotize

to robotize

1 8.0
Make people act in a very automatic way without feeling
  • verb
  • /ˈroʊbəˌtaɪz/
  • US
: robotizar
  • Some fear that too much technology in schools could robotize the learning experience for children.

Examples

  • They robotize their responses during meetings.

  • The strict routine began to robotize the workers, leaving them feeling disconnected from their tasks.

  • The company tried not to robotize its employees despite introducing new automated systems.

  • Don't robotize your emotions!

  • The company aims to robotize its manufacturing process to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

  • Many jobs have been robotized, leading to concerns about unemployment.

  • Some educators fear that technology could robotize students, making them less creative.

Synonyms

to depersonalize
vsto robotize
  • US
3 7.5

Treat a person or thing as an object and remove personal qualities

makes people act in a mechanical, emotionless way
to mechanize
vsto robotize
1 6.1

Make an activity automatic and routine so it becomes boring

makes people behave automatically and without emotion

Antonyms

to humanize
27 4.8

To make something kinder and more caring toward people

How Dehumanized

to robotize
  • US
1 8.0
to dehumanize
  • Formal
24 7.5
to mechanize
2 5.6
to automate
23 4.0
to humanize
27 4.8

Surface Forms

robotize infinitive
robotized past
robotized past participle
robotizing present participle
robotizes third person singular

Morphology

robotize = robot (transparent) = robot + ize

The verb formation from 'robot' is clear, indicating the process of making something like a robot.

Etymology

Robotize comes from robot, which comes from Czech robota meaning 'forced or boring work'. The ending -ize means 'to make', so robotize is to make a person act like a robot, doing tasks automatically and without feeling.