peopleize

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verb

To adapt to the needs or norms of people.

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Meanings

verbpeopleize (third-person singular simple present peopleizes, present participle peopleizing, simple past and past participle peopleized)

present singular third person peopleizes · participle present peopleizing · participle past peopleized · past peopleized · alternative peoplize

  1. transitiveTo adapt to the needs or norms of people.

    Because you are people, you personify what you perceive — “peopleize” it. You imagine such “spirits” to be small people, endowed with your own kind of characteristics.

    2012, Jane Roberts, The “Unknown” Reality: Volume One: A Seth Book in Two Volumes
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    We have to become comfortable with hiring, working with, and valuing the work of the people who can popularize our data. And I mean popularize in the best sense of the word: peopleize. If we don't make our data products people-friendly we can't really make a serious contribution to the Information Age.

    1995, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Proceedings: ... Annual Research Conference (page 397)

Origin

From people + -ize.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peopleize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peopleize.

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