depersonalize

[ dee-pur-suh-nl-ahyz ]

/ diˈpɜr sə nlˌaɪz /

verb (used with object), de·per·son·al·ized, de·per·son·al·iz·ing.

to make impersonal.

to deprive of personality or individuality: a mechanistic society that is depersonalizing its members.

Nearby words

dependent personality, dependent variable, depeople, deperm, depersonalization, depersonalize, depew, depew, chauncey mitchell, dephosphorylate, dephosphorylation, depict

Also especially British, de·per·son·al·ise.

Origin of depersonalize

First recorded in 1865–70; de- + personalize

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Examples from the Web for depersonalize

In them the whole effort of the speaker was really to restrain, to moderate, to depersonalize the voice of faith.
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward
This belief runs counter to modern thought, governed as it is by the tendency to depersonalize existence.
The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians|G. G. Findlay

British Dictionary definitions for depersonalize

depersonalize

depersonalise

/ (dɪˈpɜːsnəˌlaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to deprive (a person, organization, system, etc) of individual or personal qualities; render impersonal

to cause (someone) to lose his sense of personal identity

Word Origin for depersonalize

C19: from de- + personal + -ize

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