Derealize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From de- + real + -ize.