make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women"
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depersonalize
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Editorial note
You can call it agribusiness if it makes you feel better to depersonalize them, but they're still farmers.
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Quick take
make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women"
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for depersonalize.
verb
make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women"
See also: depersonalise, objectify
Example sentences
You can call it agribusiness if it makes you feel better to depersonalize them, but they're still farmers.
For anyone in Sales, to be any good you have to go through something like this to depersonalize the rejection.
I have been able to completely depersonalize Youtube for myself.
"This individual", notice the hideous language "we do not want to have anything to do with this... OK not going to insult him just depersonalize him".
If you want to make that as a general point, at least depersonalize it, addressing to 'someone' or 'anyone', rather than a second-person direct-address.
It's not personified, it's almost the opposite — to insitutionalize the mindset in the form of law is precisely to depersonalize it, take it out of any individual's hands.
We sometimes sound like we actually believe that only the wealthy in this country successfully raise kids, but we obviously must know that isn't true at all.[edited to depersonalize the response; sorry]
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How do you use depersonalize in a sentence?
You can call it agribusiness if it makes you feel better to depersonalize them, but they're still farmers.
What does depersonalize mean?
make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women"
What part of speech is depersonalize?
depersonalize is commonly used as verb.