depersonalize
verb (used with object)
to make impersonal.
depersonalizing
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present participleof depersonalize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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By depersonalizing death and making it into a rote spectacle, Perkins loses any heart that could give his film the resonance it so desperately needs.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
Staging can be as simple as decluttering and depersonalizing a house while you’re still living there.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
In a way, Indy has been swallowed up by not only the very action-comedy movie formula he helped normalize but also by the dispiriting, depersonalizing trends in 21st-century studio filmmaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
But I’ve found that when interventions oversimplify and universalize complicated feelings under the banner of burnout, they compound my sense of losing control, depersonalizing an experience already marred by depersonalization.
From Slate ● May 17, 2023
So long as Mary was a child, her claim upon her mother had to some extent balanced the claims of what many might have thought a devastating and depersonalizing charity.
From The Case of Richard Meynell by Mrs. Humphry Ward
