- depersonalisation
- noun1. emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness• Syn: ↑depersonalization, ↑depersonalization disorder, ↑depersonalisation disorder, ↑depersonalization neurosis, ↑depersonalisation neurosis• Derivationally related forms: ↑depersonalise, ↑depersonalize (for: ↑depersonalization)• Hypernyms: ↑dissociative disorder2. (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine• Syn: ↑depersonalization• Topics: ↑existentialism, ↑existential philosophy, ↑existentialist philosophy• Hypernyms: ↑psychological state, ↑psychological condition, ↑mental state, ↑mental condition3. representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality-
according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual
• Syn: ↑depersonalization, ↑reification• Derivationally related forms: ↑depersonalise, ↑depersonalize (for: ↑depersonalization)• Hypernyms: ↑objectification* * *
dēpersonalizāˈtion or dēpersonalisāˈtion noun• • •Main Entry: ↑depersonalize
Useful english dictionary. 2012.