Derealization

Quick meaning: Derealization is a noun meaning (psychology) The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it.

Meaning

(psychology) The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it.

More Meanings

1. (The process of) making unreal, in general; detachment from reality or realness.
2. The loosening of the bonds of (an electron) so that it can move freely among a group of atoms; delocalization.

Example Sentences

This section develops a theme mentioned […] in the previous section, namely the derealization of the unpaired electron away from the formal radical centre […]

Derealization frequently co-occurs with depersonalization disorder, in which affected individuals notice an altered perception of their surroundings, resulting in the world seeming unreal or dreamlike.

Indeed, cyclic derealization of π-electrons is at the heart of aromaticity. For benzene, it is found that the derealization of the density is greater between para-related carbons, […] than between meta-related atoms, […]

The derealization of Arab Americans created the conditions whereby, after the attacks of 9/11, the American public was willing to allow, and sometimes become complicit in, their government's detention, extradition, and torture of Arabs and Muslims […]

Word Forms

• derealizations
• derealisation

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dissociation, irrealism, pseudoreality, etherealization, hyperreality, pseudorealism.

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