unindividuated
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪtɪd/
- In the early stages, the cells are unindividuated and have not yet developed specific functions.
Examples
-
The members of the crowd remained unindividuated, blending into a single mass.
-
The story describes a society where people are unindividuated and personal identity is discouraged.
-
The unindividuated mass of people moved together.
-
In the crowd, everyone seemed unindividuated.
-
In the early stages, the cells are unindividuated and have not yet developed specific functions.
-
The story describes a society where people are unindividuated and personal identity is discouraged.
-
The members of the crowd remained unindividuated, blending into a single mass.
Synonyms
Not clearly divided into different parts or types
Property not split into parts and forming a single whole
Not having clear features that make it different
Things not separated into clear parts that form one solid mass
Not divided into parts and kept together as one unit
You cannot separate it from the thing it is connected to
How Individual
Surface Forms
Morphology
unindividuated = individuated (semi-transparent) = un + individuate
The negative prefix 'un-' clearly negates the base 'individuated', but 'individuated' is a less common, technical form derived from 'individuate', so not fully transparent to average learners.
Etymology
The word unindividuated starts with un- meaning 'not' and uses the familiar word individual, which used to mean 'not divisible' or 'cannot be split into parts'. So unindividuated describes people or things that are not seen as separate individuals but blend together.