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English noun: depersonalisation | |||
| 1. | depersonalisation (state) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | ||
| Synonyms | depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dissociative disorder | ||
| 2. | depersonalisation (state) (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine | ||
| Synonyms | depersonalization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state | ||
| Domain category | existential philosophy, existentialism, existentialist philosophy | ||
| 3. | depersonalisation (act) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | ||
| Samples | According to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual. | ||
| Synonyms | depersonalization, reification | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | objectification | ||
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