depersonalized
past simple and past participle ofdepersonalize
depersonalize
verb[T]
(UKusuallydepersonalise)uk/ˌdiːˈpɜː.sən.əl.aɪz/us/ˌdiːˈpɝː.sən.əl.aɪz/toremovefrom aperson,organization,object, etc. thequalitiesorfeaturesthat make themparticularorspecial:
Hethinksthatwearinguniformsatschooldepersonalizeschildren.
Synonym
objectify
Opposite
personalize
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- bear away
- confiscate
- confiscation
- creamsomething/someoneoff
- debug
- drain
- expropriate
- expropriation
- extractive
- get off
- impound
- relieve
- rob
- rootsomething/someoneout
- routsomeoneout
- seize
- shear
- stripping
- sweep
Examplesofdepersonalized
depersonalized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The secondary process is quite different in that it is rule-based, decontextualized, anddepersonalized.
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All this would pass away in favour of open spaces, a canalized, controlled river and adepersonalizedcityscape.
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In the nineteenth century, this mutuality was substantiallydepersonalized, and in its place a less arbitrary, less personally unjust society was established within the law.
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In general, it would seem that thedepersonalizedauthorial role, in the sense characterized above, does not emerge fully before late nineteenth century. 16.
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However, events can remaindepersonalizedif features of the self are not sampled and encoded.
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To our knowledge, no studies on autobiographical memory have been carried out ondepersonalizedsubjects.
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Interestingly enough, at the same time as corporate ownership is beingdepersonalizedand dispersed, legal doctrine is redefining corporations as "persons" for purposes of constitutional law.
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In contrast, modern technological societies continually spawn situations in which humans must decontextualize information - that is, they must deal abstractly and in adepersonalizedmanner with information.
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Rural social relations were correspondinglydepersonalizedas earlier social definitions of territory were supplanted by a universal territorial definition of society in terms of the owners and non-owners of land.
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Here, however, future evaluation isdepersonalized.
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The study showed that males in the advertisements were usually objectified anddepersonalized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She continued to feel completelydepersonalized, literally as if her own name did not refer to anyone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Adepersonalizedself, or a social identity, is every bit as valid and meaningful as a personalized self, or personal identity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Indepersonalizedpatients these two components were not synchronized, and the myogenic sensation failed to reach consciousness.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The same committee which concluded that physical additions were needed also recommended a new organizational plan to prevent students from feelingdepersonalizedin such a large system.
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- out-of-your-mind
- out of your mind/head
- out-of-your-mind-head
- out on a limb
- out-on-a-limb
- out-on-arse
- out on your arse
- out on your ass
- out-on-your-ass
- out-organize
- out-organize
- outpace
- outpaced
- outpacing
- outpass
- outpatient
- outpatient clinic
- outpatient department
- outpatient facility
- outpatient facility
- outpatient procedure
- outpatients
- outpatient service
- outpatient setting
- outpatient surgery