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depersonalize

 
Dictionary: de·per·son·al·ize   (dē-pûr'sə-nə-līz') pronunciation
tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
  1. To deprive of individual character or a sense of personal identity: a large corporation that depersonalizes its employees.
  2. To render impersonal: depersonalize an interview.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make impersonal or present as an object
  Synonyms: depersonalise, objectify
  Antonym: personalize (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gøre upersonlig, berøve personlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
identiteit verliezen/ ontnemen, onpersoonlijk maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - dépersonnaliser

Deutsch (German)
v. - versachlichen, unpersönlich machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποπροσωποποιώ

Italiano (Italian)
spersonalizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - despersonalizar

Русский (Russian)
лишать индивидуальности

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - despersonalizar, privar de personalidad

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avhumanisera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使失去人性

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使失去人性

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 몰개성화 하다, 인간성을 말살하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 個人的でなくする, 主体性を奪う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحرمه من الشعور بهويه شخصيته أو ذاته, يجعله لا شخصي ( عام)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שלל סגולות אישיות, גרם לאיבוד הזהות‬


 
 

 

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