to lobotomize creativity
- phrasal verb
- /ləˈbɑːtəˌmaɪz kriˈeɪtɪvɪti/
- Informal
:
diluir la creatividad
- Some managers unintentionally lobotomize creativity by micromanaging every detail of their team's work.
Examples
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Rigid corporate cultures can lobotomize creativity in talented employees.
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Many schools lobotomize creativity by enforcing strict rules.
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She was determined not to let negativity lobotomize creativity in her art.
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Don't lobotomize creativity in the classroom!
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Rigid corporate cultures can lobotomize creativity in talented employees.
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Some managers unintentionally lobotomize creativity by micromanaging every detail of their team's work.
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Many schools lobotomize creativity by enforcing strict rules that limit students' freedom to express themselves.
Synonyms
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To feel limited and unable to grow or express yourself
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Make people or groups unable to think clearly and work well
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Prevent new ideas and methods from growing in a company or group
Stop someone from thinking of new ideas
Make someone's ability to think of new ideas slow and dull
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'lobotomize' (to make thinking or creativity duller) applied to 'creativity' yields the meaning 'to severely diminish creative abilities' in a directly compositional way. Although 'lobotomize' is metaphorical (from a surgical term), the action-on-NOUN pattern is straightforward and a B1 learner who knows both words can derive the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Lobotomize creativity comes from the image of a 'lobotomy', an old operation where doctors cut part of the brain and people often became dull and less able to feel or imagine. So, to lobotomize creativity means to make someone's creative power very weak.