1. to remove personal or individual characteristics from something; to make impersonal or detached
Usage: British spelling (American: depersonalizes); third person singular present tense
2. in psychology, to cause someone to feel detached from their own identity or surroundings; to induce depersonalization
Usage: clinical/psychological term

Examples

• The large corporation depersonalises customer service by replacing human agents with automated systems.
• Modern technology sometimes depersonalises human interaction and connection.
• The bureaucratic process depersonalises individuals by reducing them to identification numbers.
• Trauma can depersonalise victims, making them feel disconnected from reality.
• Mass production depersonalises products by removing handcrafted uniqueness.
• The clinical environment depersonalises patients, treating them as cases rather than people.