deperson

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verb

To take away essential attributes of a person; to make a human being less of a person.

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Meanings

verbdeperson (third-person singular simple present depersons, present participle depersoning, simple past and past participle depersoned)

present singular third person depersons · participle present depersoning · participle past depersoned · past depersoned

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From de- + person.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Pedersonpersoned
Cite this entry
APA

deperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deperson

MLA

“deperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deperson. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deperson,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deperson.

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