Definition of Depersonalization

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: Depersonalisation, Reification
Generic synonyms: Objectification
Derivative terms: Depersonalise, Depersonalize

Definition of Depersonalization

1. Noun. the act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized ¹

2. Noun. (psychology) the loss of one's sense of personal identity ¹

3. Noun. (psychiatry) A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Depersonalization

1. An 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. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Depersonalization

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