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noun
The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The loss of one's sense of personal identity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: depersonalisation, reification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: objectification
noun
(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: depersonalisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition
noun
emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: depersonalisation, depersonalization disorder, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalization neurosis, depersonalisation neurosis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dissociative disorder
History
Calque of French dépersonnalisation, equivalent to de- + personalization.
