"depersonalize" meaning in English

See depersonalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: depersonalizes [present, singular, third-person], depersonalizing [participle, present], depersonalized [participle, past], depersonalized [past], depersonalise [alternative]
Etymology: From de- + personalize. Etymology templates: {{af|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-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 5 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 48 24 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 10 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 7 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 12 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 64 15 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 76 10 14 Disambiguation of 'remove a sense of personal identity from something': 92 2 6
  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
Derived forms: depersonalizer Related terms: depersonalization, depersonalization disorder

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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