Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To make impersonal.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To make impersonal.

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  • verb transitive To make impersonal.

Etymologies

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impersonal +‎ -ize

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Examples

  • The ideal approach for society to take would be to condemn the sin, not the individual, to love everyone, and to impersonalize the sin by realizing that the error being committed is no different than any other error or sin men engage in.

    The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom Hal Duncan 2007

  • The ideal approach for society to take would be to condemn the sin, not the individual, to love everyone, and to impersonalize the sin by realizing that the error being committed is no different than any other error or sin men engage in.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Hal Duncan 2007

  • The ideal approach for society to take would be to condemn the sin, not the individual, to love everyone, and to impersonalize the sin by realizing that the error being committed is no different than any other error or sin men engage in.

    The Homosexual Agenda Hal Duncan 2005

  • But do you not agree we put the wrong emphasis on this if we try and impersonalize it and then get people incited so that they'll maybe act in a vengeful way?

    CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007 2007

  • But the reason it's cut off is to impersonalize it.

    To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders 2003

  • Perfect agreement is rare enough among the closest of friends or family circles; it is hardly to be expected in industrial life where the machine age has tended to impersonalize human relations.

    Talking Shop 1951

  • But it is first nature for most guys to impersonalize what is in essence a team sport.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • But it is first nature for most guys to impersonalize what is in essence a team sport.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • But it is first nature for most guys to impersonalize what is in essence a team sport.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

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