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
Whatever derealization means to us, however we cope with it, we’re surely better off if we can talk about it openly, as Camille and others do in her brave, revealing film.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2022
Her psychiatrist, who had prescribed drugs to treat bipolar depression, told Alison her daughter was also showing signs of derealization, a disorder sometimes associated with trauma, in which people think their surroundings are not real.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 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
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