Definition of "depersonalizes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depersonalize. (verb)

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• "The current health care system depersonalizes the doctor-patient relationship and "created a kind of 'system arrogance' in which the patient is seen not as a person but merely as a job to be done cost effectively.""
• "But to exclude the experience of the individual, as so much of orthodox medical history has done, seriously depersonalizes illness, reducing it to a black box on a histogram."
• "Categorizing an emotional affair as an addiction is helpful in two ways: first, it depersonalizes the experience, making it easier to let go of, and it also provides some tangible steps a person can take to kick her habit."