-ˌdīz transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Henry Ford + English -ize
1. : to standardize in the interests of efficiency and mass production
fordize a plant
fordize the cotton industry
2.
a. : to organize and control (people or their work) as if on an assembly line
the medical profession cannot be fordized until human beings become robots — E.H.Cary
an attempt to fordize high-school education — H.R.Linville
b. : to deprive of individuality
can we fordize our minds as well as our motors — Glenn Frank