homogenizing
Blending into sameness
Homogenizing is making things uniform or consistent throughout.
Milk is homogenized by breaking up fat globules so cream doesn't separate.
More broadly, homogenizing reduces variety or distinctiveness: Critics worry that globalization is homogenizing local cultures.
The process implies loss—what was diverse becomes the same.
Combining into one mass
- emulsifyingDispersing one liquid into another
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- whiskingFast circular mixing
- blendingCombining into uniformity
combining · incorporating · dispersing · dissolving · smoothing · pasteurizing · processing · liquefying
Establishing uniform criteria
- equalizingMaking uniform or level
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- flatteningReducing to evenness
- averagingComputing central tendency
indistinguishable · monotonous · identical · sameness · undifferentiated · interchangeable · consistent · unvarying
Absorbing into a whole
- conformingMeeting accepted standards
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- westernizingAdopting Western cultural practices
- globalizingMaking worldwide in scope
monoculture · erasure · flattening · diluting · whitewashing · colonizing · suppressing · absorbing
Making conform to norms
- regulatingControlling by rules
- calibratingAdjusting for accuracy
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- harmonizingCreating musical agreement
systematizing · formalizing · codifying · streamlining · templating · synchronizing · aligning · equalizing
mixing
Combining into one mass
- emulsifyingDispersing one liquid into another
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- whiskingFast circular mixing
blending · combining · incorporating · dispersing · dissolving · smoothing · pasteurizing · processing · liquefying · pureeing
standardizing
Establishing uniform criteria
- equalizingMaking uniform or level
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- flatteningReducing to evenness
averaging · indistinguishable · monotonous · identical · sameness · undifferentiated · interchangeable · consistent · unvarying · equivalent
assimilating
Absorbing into a whole
- conformingMeeting accepted standards
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- westernizingAdopting Western cultural practices
globalizing · monoculture · erasure · flattening · diluting · whitewashing · colonizing · suppressing · absorbing · neutralizing
normalizing
Making conform to norms
- regulatingControlling by rules
- calibratingAdjusting for accuracy
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
harmonizing · systematizing · formalizing · codifying · streamlining · templating · synchronizing · aligning · equalizing · leveling
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- mixingmix, stir, blend, shake, combine
- heat treatmentannealing, tempering, quenching, hardening, normalizing
- metal treatmentsannealing, hardening, quenching, tempering, carburizing
- cooking techniquessear, simmering, boiling, frying, saute
- processingprocessing, batch processing, data processing, parallel processing, real-time processing
homogenizingdiversifying
Increasing variety within
differentiating · variegating · pluralizing · enriching · multiplying
homogenizingseparating
Dividing into parts
segregating · partitioning · dividing · stratifying · sorting
homogenizingindividualizing
Making something personally distinct
particularizing · customizing · specializing · personalizing · distinguishing
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