Example Sentences

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This depersonalizes the tip and can discourage generous tipping.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023

The copying program depersonalizes things such as photos, kids’ drawings, handwritten notes and birthday cards - connections to home and family important to those on the inside.

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2018

She loves to personify the inhuman at the same time as she depersonalizes the human, creating a swirl of slippery images out of our already ridiculous conceptions.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2014

Language stabilizes, induces uniformity, depersonalizes; television keeps up with change, allows and invites diversity, makes possible personalized interaction among those connected through a TV chain of cameras and receivers.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai