depersonalisation | ||
1. | [ noun ] (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in a stupid social machine | |
Synonyms: | depersonalization | |
Related terms: | psychological_state existentialism | |
2. | [ noun ] representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | |
Synonyms: | reification depersonalization | |
Examples: | "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual" |
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Related terms: | objectification depersonalize | |
3. | [ noun ] (psychiatry) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | |
Synonyms: | depersonalisation_neurosis depersonalization depersonalization_disorder depersonalization_neurosis depersonalisation_disorder | |
Related terms: | dissociative_disorder depersonalize | |
Similar spelling: |
depersonalization |