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🤖 To make emotionless 🏭 To automate
to robotize

to robotize

8.0
Make people act in a very automatic way without feeling
  • verb
  • /ˈroʊbəˌtaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : 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 mechanize
vsto robotize
4 6.1

Make an activity automatic and routine so it becomes boring

makes people behave automatically and without emotion
to depersonalize
vsto robotize
  • US
1 7.5

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

makes people act in a mechanical, emotionless way

Antonyms

to humanize
25 4.8

To make something kinder and more caring toward people

How Dehumanized

to robotize
  • US
8.0
to dehumanize
  • Formal
24 7.5
to mechanize
3 5.6
to automate
52 4.0
to humanize
25 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.