Definition of Depersonalisation

1. Noun. Emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness.


2. Noun. (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine.

3. Noun. 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"
Exact synonyms: Depersonalization, Reification
Generic synonyms: Objectification
Derivative terms: Depersonalise, Depersonalize

Medical Definition of Depersonalisation

1. Alteration in the perception of the self so that the usual sense of one's own reality is lost, manifested in a sense of unreality or self estrangement, in changes of body image or in a feeling that one does not control his own actions and speech, seen in depersonalisation disorder, schizophrenic disorders and schizotypal personality disorder. Some do not draw a distinction between depersonalisation and derealisation, using depersonalisation to include both. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Depersonalisation

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depersonalisation (current term)
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depersonalisation neurosis
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