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depersonalization

noun

Etymology

Calque of French dépersonnalisation, equivalent to de- + personalization.

  1. calqued from dépersonnalisation

Definitions

  1. The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.

    • He was in a critical state of depersonalization.

  2. The loss of one's sense of personal identity.

    • His depersonalization causes a great deal of stress as he searches for an authentic personal identity.
    • Musil is committed to the dissolution of the ego and to the defictionalization and depersonalization of character as Woolf expresses it in “The Narrow Bridge of Art.”

  3. A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.

    • His severe depersonalization causes an aloof demeanor.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA