deinstrumentalize
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deinstrumentalize (third-person singular simple present deinstrumentalizes, present participle deinstrumentalizing, simple past and past participle deinstrumentalized)
- (transitive) To stop something being merely an instrument for achieving a goal, and thereby give it its own identity or autonomy.