dispersonify
dispersonify verb: to view as impersonal; to see as an object rather than as having personal attributes.
Verb
dispersonify (third-person singular simple present dispersonifies, present participle dispersonifying, simple past and past participle dispersonified)
- 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.1864, The Spectator - Volume 37, page 1363
- When even a stone was a cutter, a tooth a grinder, a gimlet a borer, the difficulty was not how to personify, but how to dispersonify.1899, Friedrich Max Müller, Collected Works, page 407
Forms of dispersonify
| third-person singular present | dispersonifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | dispersonifying |
| past participle | dispersonified |
| past | dispersonified |
Origin of dispersonify
From dis- + personify.
Questions about dispersonify
- What does dispersonify mean?
- Dispersonify means to view as impersonal; to see as an object rather than as having personal attributes.
- What part of speech is dispersonify?
- Dispersonify is a verb.
- What is the past tense of dispersonify?
- The past tense of dispersonify is dispersonified.
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