yksilöimään

Yksilöimään is a Finnish verb form derived from the verb yksilöidä, meaning to identify or distinguish an individual from a group, or to tailor something to a single person. The term is used to describe the act of treating, recognizing, or otherwise making reference to a single individual within a broader set. In practice, yksilöimään can refer to identifying a person in data, differentiating individuals in research, or personalizing products, services, or communications for a specific user.

Use of the word appears in contexts such as data processing, marketing, software development, and social science research. For example, a data system might be designed to yksilöimään asiakkaat based on their profiles, or a study might seek to yksilöimään osallistujat by background factors. The concept also appears in discussions of privacy and data protection, where yksilöiminen (the act of identifying individuals) is balanced against anonymization and ethical considerations.

Etymology and related forms: the term is built from yksilö (an individual) and the verb-form suffix -idä, forming a meaning related to making or treating something as an individual. The noun form yksilöinti or the gerund yksilöiminen describe the process of identifying or distinguishing individuals more generally.

See also: yksilöinti, henkilötietojen käsittely, tunnistaminen.