deperson
deperson verb: to take away essential attributes of a person; to make a human being less of a person.
Verb
deperson (third-person singular simple present depersons, present participle depersoning, simple past and past participle depersoned)
- To take away essential attributes of a person; to make a human being less of a person.
- […] the depopulator, the thing or system that depopulates or depersons, accords with my own dream scene: foliage dissolving, solid state cartridges sliding, persons silently far away blown up into volumes of illuminated centimeters, my own family choking on space.2018, David Porush, The Soft Machine: Cybernetic Fiction
Forms of deperson
| third-person singular present | depersons |
|---|---|
| present participle | depersoning |
| past participle | depersoned |
| past | depersoned |
Origin of deperson
From de- + person.
Questions about deperson
- What does deperson mean?
- Deperson means to take away essential attributes of a person; to make a human being less of a person.
- What part of speech is deperson?
- Deperson is a verb.
- What is the past tense of deperson?
- The past tense of deperson is depersoned.
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