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depersonalize

[ dee-pur-suh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, de·per·son·al·ized, de·per·son·al·iz·ing.
  1. to make impersonal.
  2. to deprive of personality or individuality:

    a mechanistic society that is depersonalizing its members.



depersonalize

/ dɪˈpɜːsnəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to deprive (a person, organization, system, etc) of individual or personal qualities; render impersonal
  2. to cause (someone) to lose his sense of personal identity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of depersonalize1

First recorded in 1865–70; de- + personalize
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Word History and Origins

Origin of depersonalize1

C19: from de- + personal + -ize
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Example Sentences

This belief runs counter to modern thought, governed as it is by the tendency to depersonalize existence.

In them the whole effort of the speaker was really to restrain, to moderate, to depersonalize the voice of faith.

In thus universalizing my moral will, I wholly depersonalize it.

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