peopleize

English

Alternative forms

• peoplize

Etymology

From people +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To adapt to the needs or norms of people.
   • 1995, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Proceedings: ... Annual Research Conference (page 397)

     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.

   • 2012, Jane Roberts, The “Unknown” Reality: Volume One: A Seth Book in Two Volumes:

     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.