"depersonalize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: depersonalizes [present, singular, third-person], depersonalizing [participle, present], depersonalized [participle, past], depersonalized [past]
Etymology: de- + personalize Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|personalize}} de- + personalize Head templates: {{en-verb}} depersonalize (third-person singular simple present depersonalizes, present participle depersonalizing, simple past and past participle depersonalized)
  1. (transitive) To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize. Tags: transitive Translations (remove a sense of personal identity from something): depersonalisieren (German), entpersönlichen (German), αποπροσωποποιώ (apoprosopopoió) (Greek), spersonalizzare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-depersonalize-en-verb-9QJpwRBc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 4 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 45 23 32 Disambiguation of 'remove a sense of personal identity from something': 90 2 8
  2. (transitive) To present (something) as an impersonal object. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-depersonalize-en-verb-DX9Xh-ku
  3. (psychiatry, intransitive) To suffer an episode of depersonalization. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Psychiatry
    Sense id: en-depersonalize-en-verb-hGzchq-4 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: depersonalise Related terms: depersonalization, depersonalization disorder

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