lobotomy

1. (figurative) Separation, removal or deprivation.Examples: "Yet this conscience is a deep part of the soul; to silence it, characters must perform a kind of moral lobotomy, excising the best parts of themselves, until what is left becomes less than human."; "Organisations which set out to treat all individuals as the same, or are ‘colour-blind’ in their philosophy, could be said to impose a form of cultural lobotomy on their clients, in denying the additional skills, knowledge and experience that they have as members of a minority culture."; "Put another way, how can we avoid an ethical lobotomy in establishing an organizational perspective?"countablefigurativelyuncountable