DEPERSONALIZE


Meaning of DEPERSONALIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di:pɜ:(r)sənəlaɪz ]

( depersonalizes, depersonalizing, depersonalized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'depersonalise'

1.

To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.

It is true that modern weaponry depersonalised war.

VERB : V n

2.

To depersonalize someone means to treat them as if they do not matter because their individual feelings and thoughts are not important.

She does not feel that the book depersonalises women.

VERB : V n

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