to depersonalize
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- verb
- /ˌdiːˈpɜːrsənəˌlaɪz/
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despersonalizar
- You have to depersonalize criticism to identify errors and get better.
Most people have this bias that technology can't enhance humanity, that it's depersonalizing, that it's going to detract.
- Most people have this bias that technology can't enhance humanity, that it's depersonalizing, that it's going to detract.
- So I just think that it helps depersonalize some things that can feel very personal because it's creative work.
Examples
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Too often, however, the seller hasn't "depersonalized" his home enough, or at all.
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So I just think that it helps depersonalize some things that can feel very personal because it's creative work.
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Your best hope would be to depersonalize what follows, and not to look upon me as a foe or yourself as a victim.
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With this approach, she could be quite open; the issues were depersonalized.
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In this sense, one's relationship to the home becomes depersonalized.
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By depersonalizing actions, we can begin to evaluate the next level of obligation.
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In addition, the government paid for campaigns and publicity in a move meant to depersonalize politics as well as to reduce the use of personal wealth to influence electoral outcomes.
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Others continued their religious affiliation because they found a way to depersonalize the clergy's sermon.
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Most people have this bias that technology can't enhance humanity, that it's depersonalizing, that it's going to detract.
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In therapy, it can be helpful to depersonalize your feelings to see them more clearly.
Synonyms
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To treat someone as a thing, ignoring their feelings and rights
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To treat a person as if they are not human and take away their dignity
To make communication feel less personal by removing names or feelings
To treat people as things and ignore their feelings
Antonyms
How Impersonal
- Formal
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
depersonalize = personalize (transparent) = de + person + al + ize
The prefix 'de-' clearly adds the meaning of removing or reversing the personal quality expressed by 'personalize'.
Etymology
Depersonalize is made of de- meaning 'remove' and person meaning 'a person', and is related to Latin persona which meant 'mask'. So to depersonalize something is to 'remove the person'—to make it impersonal or take away personal qualities.