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derealize

verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English derealize From de- + real + -ize.

  1. derived from -isen English -ize English derealize From de- + real + -ize
  2. derived from -iserbor
  3. derived from -izōder
  4. derived from reelbor
  5. derived from *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder✻
  6. derived from *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der✻
  7. derived from *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der✻

Definitions

  1. To detach from reality

    To detach from reality; to subject to or cause to undergo derealization.

    • Flaubert's choice of the imaginary is part of a bad-faith project to derealize and demoralize the bourgeoisie who, living in the imaginary world of Second Empire pretense, found in Madame Bovary their resonance.

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