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動詞

depersonalize (三人称単数 現在形 depersonalizes, 現在分詞 depersonalizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 depersonalized)

1. (transitive) To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize.
   • 1982 April 8, Rashi Fein, “What Is Wrong with the Language of Medicine?”, in New England Journal of Medicine‎^[1], volume 306, number 14, DOI:10.1056/NEJM198204083061409, ISSN 0028-4793, page 863–864:

     A new language is infecting the culture of American medicine. It is the language of the marketplace, of the tradesman, and of the cost accountant. It is a language that depersonalizes both patients and physicians and describes medical care as just another commodity.

2. (transitive) To present (something) as an impersonal object.
3. (psychiatry, intransitive) To suffer an episode of depersonalization.

   He's depersonalizing right now, so he's considering checking himself into the hospital.

別の表記

• depersonalise

関連する語

• depersonalization
• depersonalization disorder