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to routinize

to routinize

1 6.4
To make something happen regularly so it becomes a habit
  • verb
  • /ˈruːtɪnaɪz/
  • US
: rutinar
  • The fresh, original charisma becomes routinized in a more urbane form of leadership.
  • highly routinized
  • become routinized
  • routinized procedures

Examples

  • They aimed to routinize their morning exercises to improve their overall fitness.

  • In contrast to the notion of individualized interaction with each client, a profession may employ routinized procedures for at least some aspects of its work.

    Academic text (2011)

  • In the end, this has actually helped improve and routinize regional cooperation between Kenya and Ethiopia.

    Blog text (14)

  • Equally important is for governments to routinize their contact and consultations with their own national and local NGOs.

    Academic text (1995)

  • But in most cases, after three months of hard basic training, life in the garrison becomes routinized and boring.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Highly routinized tasks that are practiced repeatedly are less likely to be influenced by audience effects.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Tacit understandings, shared within communities, do allow for routinized judgment.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The company decided to routinize its onboarding process to ensure all new employees receive the same training.

  • In order to save time, she tried to routinize her weekly grocery shopping trip.

Synonyms

to habituate
vsto routinize
4 6.7

To get used to something new so it no longer seems strange

creates fixed regular patterns and automatic habits rather than mere familiarity
to mechanize
vsto routinize
1 6.1

Make an activity automatic and routine so it becomes boring

focuses on habitual regularity rather than mechanical monotony
to lock into a routine
vsto routinize
1 4.2

Do the same things at the same time every day

is about making things habitual and automatic rather than stressing firmness

How Routine

to automate
23 4.0
to routinize
  • US
1 6.4
to repeat
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

routinize infinitive
routinized past
routinized past participle
routinizing present participle
routinizes third person singular

Morphology

routinize = routine (transparent) = routine + ize

Formed by the noun 'routine' + the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' meaning 'make or become', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Routinize comes from routine, which means 'a usual way of doing things', and the ending -ize which means 'to make'. So, to routinize something is to 'make' it into a regular, automatic habit.