Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense depersonalizes, present participle depersonalizing, past tense, past participle depersonalizedregional note: in BRIT, also use depersonalise
1. verb
To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
It is true that modern weaponry depersonalised war. [VERB noun]
2. verb
To depersonalize someone means to treat them as if they do not matter because their individual feelings and thoughts are not important.
She does not feel that the book depersonalises women. [VERB noun]
depersonalize in British English
or depersonalise (dɪˈpɜːsnəˌlaɪz)
verb(transitive)
1.
to deprive (a person, organization, system, etc) of individual or personal qualities; render impersonal
2.
to cause (someone) to lose his or her sense of personal identity
Word origin
C19: from de- + personal + -ize
depersonalize in American English
(diˈpɜrsənəlˌaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: deˈpersonalˌized or deˈpersonalˌizing
1.
to deprive of individuality; treat in an impersonal way