Dispersonify
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To view as impersonal; to see as an object rather than as having personal attributes.
"It is almost impossible for the most prosaic mind to dispersonify a ship. It requires a greater effort probably on the part of the Englishman to view a ship as an inanimate object than for the ancient Greek to dispersonify the sun or moon."
Example
More examples"It is almost impossible for the most prosaic mind to dispersonify a ship. It requires a greater effort probably on the part of the Englishman to view a ship as an inanimate object than for the ancient Greek to dispersonify the sun or moon."
Etymology
From dis- + personify.
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