derealization
[ dee-ree-uh-luh-zey-shuh n ]
/ diˌri ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /
noun Psychiatry.
an alteration in perception leading to the feeling that the reality of the world has been changed or lost.
Nearby words
derby, derbyshire, derbyshire chair, dercum's disease, dere, derealization, derecho, derecognize, deregister, deregulate, deregulation
Origin of derealization
1940–45; de- + realization, orig. in the phrase feeling of derealization, as translation of German Entfremdungsgefühl (Freud)
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Medicine definitions for derealization
derealization
[ dē-rē′ə-lĭ-zā′shən ]
n.
The feeling that things in one's surroundings are strange, unreal, or somehow altered, as seen in schizophrenia.
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