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impersonalize

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im⋅per⋅son⋅al⋅ize

[im-pur-suh-nl-ahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
Also, especially British, im⋅per⋅son⋅al⋅ise.


Origin:
1875–80; impersonal + -ize


im⋅per⋅son⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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im·per·son·al·ize   (ĭm-pûr'sə-nə-līz')   
tr.v.   im·per·son·al·ized, im·per·son·al·iz·ing, im·per·son·al·iz·es
To make impersonal.
im·per'son·al·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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