depersonalize

Verb

Meaning

make impersonal or present as an object

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

objectify depersonalise cast alter discount degrade disdain devise contrive externalize devalue commercialize dehumanize debase commercialise

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Antonyms

personalize personify individualize personalise individualise individualizing

Hypernyms

change alter modify

Related terms

depersonalization depersonalization disorder

Examples

It's a process, it doesn't happen overnight, when you depersonalize another person and view them as just an object. An object for pleasure and not a living breathing human being. It seems to make it easier to do things you shouldn't do. Jeffrey Dahmer

If people don't know their pastor, it's easy to put the pastor on a pedestal and depersonalize him or her. It's also easy for pastors, who don't know their congregations, simply to classify congregants as saved or unsaved, involved or not involved, tithers or non-tithers. Eugene H. Peterson

To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times. Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Will computers depersonalize human interactions? Source: Internet

Pornography objectifies women Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

depersonalization disorder depersonalization neurosis depersonalization-derealization disorder depersonalizer depersonate depertible