derealization
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of derealization
1940–45; de- + realization, originally in the phrase feeling of derealization, as translation of German Entfremdungsgefühl (Freud)
Example Sentences
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Since then, the user said he had changed, “mainly from the anxiety and sense of derealization and hopelessness.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
For simplicity, I’ll refer to both syndromes as derealization.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2022
I’ve nonetheless come to value derealization as an antidote for habituation.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2022
Although exact rates in college students are not known, surveys of students not in treatment for psychiatric conditions reported depersonalization or derealization experiences in 8 to 46 percent of respondents, depending on the method used.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021
In one pre-covid-19 study of over a thousand adults in rural North Carolina in 2001, nearly 1 in 4 reported depersonalization or derealization over the past year.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021
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