personalizedadj.
/ˈpəːsn̩əlʌɪzd/, /ˈpəːsn̩l̩ʌɪzd/, /ˈpəːsənl̩ʌɪzd/, /ˈpəːs(ə)nəlʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈpərs(ə)nəˌlaɪzd/ 1. Represented in or as a person; personified, embodied.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > personification > [adjective] > personified
personateda1613
personatea1631
personified1753
personalized1873
1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes II. viii. 179 Knight felt himself in the presence of a personalised loneliness.
1886 Sat. Rev. 31 July 167/2 Imagination is here a general term, an abstraction,..a personalized abstraction of the most surprising character.
1977 Theology 80 191 The man Jesus Christ as the personalized instrument..of the self-expressive activity of God.
1993 J. H. Brooke Sci. & Relig. (BNC) 17 Religions and magical systems involve personalized gods, spirits, or demons.
2. Concerned with or emphasizing individuals rather than general or abstract matters; made personal.
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1889 N.Y. Times 24 Jan. 12/6 The temper of the Southern people..had concentrated into an intense personalized hatred.
1938 Public Opinion Q. 2 463 Administrative publicity thus must differ sharply in its factual objectivity from the personalized attack and counter-attack of politics.
1962 H. D. Price in M. E. Jewell Politics of Reapportionment iii. 89 The style of operation of the House and Senate combines personalized politics (minimizing party, faction, or issues) and a hierarchical influence-structure.
1994 Pacific Affairs 67 414 Economic relations with the Soviet Union have traditionally been a highly personalized affair.
3. Identifiable as belonging to a particular person or organization, esp. by being marked with a name or set of initials. Also: designed or produced to meet individual requirements; customized.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > rendered specific > made personal
personalized1909
1909 Indianapolis Star 11 Oct. 3/6 (advt.) Personalized circular letters. H. McKee Publicity Agency.
1947 Forum (Johannesburg) 26 Apr. 46/1 (advt.) Fare is inclusive of personalised steward service throughout journey.
1974 Times 14 Dec. 24/6 Personalized crystal glasses, initials, names, dates, crests, etc., hand engraved to your requirements.
1994 Wedding & Home June 131/2 These clever cake tins come in every letter of the alphabet for personalised baking.
Compounds
personalized gun n. a (hypothetical) gun that can only be fired by an authorized user; cf. smart gun n. at smart adj. Compounds 2b.
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1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Disp. (Electronic ed.) 20 June After the Johns Hopkins students created their prototype for a personalized gun..they learned that a Californian named Joe Smith had invented a similar gun in the early 1970s.
1998 U.S. News & World Rep. 22 June 26/3 Colt is about to complete work on its second prototype of a personalized gun, which uses radio signals that allow the weapon to recognize and respond to a transponder worn by the authorized user.
2002 Contemp. Econ. Policy Jan. 38 Personalized guns..could make existing firearms regulations more effective and reduce the social costs associated with gun misuse.
personalized medicine n. treatment designed to meet the needs of an individual patient, (in later use) esp. on the basis of genetic profiling.
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1928 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. June 766/2 Personalized medicine.
1997 Business Wire (Nexis) 14 Nov. Personalized medicine will enable the physician to fight the disease before it manifests itself in the patient.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 Mar. b4/1 The promise is that low-cost gene sequencing will lead to a new era of personalized medicine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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