depersonalize

[ dee-pur-suh-nl-ahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

depersonalize

/ dɪˈpɜːsnəˌlaɪz /

to deprive (a person, organization, system, etc) of individual or personal qualities; render impersonal
to cause (someone) to lose his sense of personal identity

First recorded in 1865–70; de- + personalize

C19: from de- + personal + -ize

This belief runs counter to modern thought, governed as it is by the tendency to depersonalize existence.

In them the whole effort of the speaker was really to restrain, to moderate, to depersonalize the voice of faith.

In thus universalizing my moral will, I wholly depersonalize it.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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