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unpersoned

unpersoned is the simple past and past participle of unperson.

Meaning of unperson

Verb

unperson (third-person singular simple present unpersons, present participle unpersoning, simple past and past participle unpersoned)

  1. (transitive) To strip (a person) of rights, identity, or humanity; to dehumanize.
    • Unhappily, shortcomings here on the part of even a few schools provide a handle for the type of irresponsible generalization that recently labeled the lay professor on the Catholic campus "unwanted, unpaid, uncared for and unpersoned."1958 May 3, anonymous author, “Lay Professors in Catholic Colleges”, in America, volume 99, number 5, →ISSN, page 160

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Questions about unpersoned

What is unpersoned the simple past and past participle of?
Unpersoned is the simple past and past participle of unperson.

Words near unpersoned in the dictionary

  1. unpersonable
  2. unpersonableness
  3. unpersonal
  4. unpersonality
  5. unpersonalized
  6. unpersoned
  7. unpersonifiable
  8. unpersonified
  9. unpersonifies
  10. unpersonify
  11. unpersonifying

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