fordize

transitive verb

ford·​ize

-ˌdīz

-ed/-ing/-s

often capitalized

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

Word History

Etymology

Henry Ford + English -ize

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