Deperson
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Deperson is a verb meaning (transitive) To take away essential attributes of a person; to make a human being less of a person.
Meaning
(transitive) To take away essential attributes of a person; to make a human being less of a person.
Example Sentences
[…] 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.
Word Forms
- depersons
- depersoning
- depersoned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include depersonate, dehumanize, de-humanize, de-humanise, dispersonate, unperson.
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