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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A May 2025 follow-up, “I’m Camera,” dealt with the depersonalizing effects of sudden attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
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
“Burnout has that quality but is also being very cynical and discouraged and depersonalizing things and really losing your sense of accomplishment, which is a much more dark place to be.”
From Scientific American ● Mar. 7, 2023
And there is something so disturbingly immuring and depersonalizing about it!
From The Prairie Mother by Arthur E. Becher
