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depersonalization
[ dee-pur-suh-nl-uh-zey-shuhn ]
/ diˌpɜr sə nl əˈzeɪ ʃən /
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noun
the act of depersonalizing.
the state of being depersonalized.
Psychiatry. a state in which one no longer perceives the reality of one's self or one's environment.
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Origin of depersonalization
First recorded in 1905–10; depersonalize + -ation
Words nearby depersonalization
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How to use depersonalization in a sentence
The product often lags behind technology and popular practice — as when female scholars fought for a rule change in the early 1990s to include their first names in citations, ending “rigid depersonalization and a sort of patriarchal system.”
Fighting racial bias with an unlikely weapon: Footnotes|Justin Wm. Moyer|January 18, 2022|Washington PostThe piece is a protest against depersonalization, and indeed mortality itself, that pulses with life.
In the galleries: Middle East artists examine sheltering in place amid pandemic|Mark Jenkins|January 15, 2021|Washington PostEven a workman in a modern factory where depersonalization is extreme gets to have "his" machine and is perturbed at a change.
Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey
British Dictionary definitions for depersonalization
depersonalization
depersonalisation
/ (dɪˌpɜːsnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən) /
noun
the act or an instance of depersonalizing
psychiatry an abnormal state of consciousness in which the subject feels unreal and detached from himself and the world
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