ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Depersonalization

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Depersonalization is a noun meaning The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.

Meaning

The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.

More Meanings

  1. (psychology) The loss of one's sense of personal identity.
  2. (psychiatry) A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.

Example Sentences

He was in a critical state of depersonalization.
His severe depersonalization causes an aloof demeanor.
His depersonalization causes a great deal of stress as he searches for an authentic personal identity.
Musil is committed to the dissolution of the ego and to the defictionalization and depersonalization of character as Woolf expresses it in “The Narrow Bridge of Art.”

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Related dictionary entries include derealization, individualization, decentralization, detachedness, impersonality, debasedness.

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