Stripped of personal identity or individual character; made to feel impersonal or mechanical.
Past tense and adjective form of depersonalize, combining de- and personalize. Became common in 20th-century psychology and sociology literature.
Modern technology has made many aspects of life feel depersonalized—getting rejected by an automated email or talking to a chatbot is nothing like face-to-face interaction, and researchers study how this affects our mental health.
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