verb
- removing or stripping away the personal or individual character, identity, or humanity from someone or something
Usage: present participle of depersonalise (British spelling); American spelling is depersonalizing; often used in contexts of psychology, sociology, and workplace culture
Examples
- The factory's assembly line was criticized for depersonalising workers by treating them as mere production units.
- Large bureaucracies risk depersonalising their clients through impersonal systems and procedures.
- Social media can be depersonalising, reducing complex human interactions to likes and comments.
- The hospital staff worried that excessive paperwork was depersonalising patient care.
- Modern technology is sometimes accused of depersonalising human relationships.
- The corporation's standardized approach was depersonalising the customer experience.