Depersonalisation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of depersonalization. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "I’ve read that depersonalisation is one of the body’s stress responses. You can’t deal with a situation, so it almost ejects you, makes you feel disconnected."

  2. 2
    representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality wordnet
  3. 3
    (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine wordnet
  4. 4
    emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness wordnet

Synonyms

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depersonalisation disorderdepersonalisation neurosisdepersonalizationdepersonalizationdepersonalization disorderdepersonalization neurosis

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"I’ve read that depersonalisation is one of the body’s stress responses. You can’t deal with a situation, so it almost ejects you, makes you feel disconnected."

Etymology

From de- + personalisation.

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