Impersonalisoitujen

Impersonalisoitujen is a Finnish term derived from the verb impersonalisoida, meaning to render something impersonal or to depersonalize. The form impersonalisoitujen is the genitive plural of the participle impersonalisoitunut (or an adjectival noun form referring to those who have undergone impersonalization). In Finnish, participial forms are frequently used as modifiers or nouns, so impersonalisoitujen can function as “the impersonalized (ones)” or as part of a larger noun phrase such as impersonalisoitujen ryhmien, “the groups that have been impersonalized.”

In scholarly usage, the concept is employed to describe processes or states in which personal identifiers, agency, or individuality are reduced or removed. This can occur in linguistic analysis when discussing impersonal constructions or in sociological and critical contexts when examining how institutions, systems, or technologies render people more anonymous or depersonalized. The exact interpretation of impersonalisoitujen depends on context and aims, ranging from language-focused discussions of agentless statements to broader analyses of bureaucratic or data practices.

Examples in academic Finnish typically place the term within noun phrases that denote affected subjects, for instance in analyses of how certain groups are treated as impersonalized within institutions or discourse. Metaphorically, it may describe characters or subjects in literature who are defined by roles or statistics rather than by individual traits.

See also: impersonal voice, anonymization, depersonalization, Finnish participles.