depersonalize

[dee-pur-suh-nl-ahyz]

de·per·son·al·ize

[dee-pur-suh-nl-ahyz]
verb (used with object), de·per·son·al·ized, de·per·son·al·iz·ing.
1.
to make impersonal.
2.
to deprive of personality or individuality: a mechanistic society that is depersonalizing its members.
Also, especially British, de·per·son·al·ise.


Origin:
1865–70; de- + personalize
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Depersonalize has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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depersonalize or depersonalise (dɪˈpɜːsnəˌlaɪz)
 
vb
1.  to deprive (a person, organization, system, etc) of individual or personal qualities; render impersonal
2.  to cause (someone) to lose his sense of personal identity
 
[C19: from de- + personal + -ize]
 
depersonalise or depersonalise
 
vb
 
[C19: from de- + personal + -ize]

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