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.
Also
especially British,
de·per·son·al·ise.
Origin of depersonalize
First recorded in 1865–70;
de- +
personalize
Words nearby depersonalize
dependent personality,
dependent variable,
depeople,
deperm,
depersonalization,
depersonalize,
depew,
dephosphorylate,
dephosphorylation,
depict,
depiction
Example sentences 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 WardThis 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