depersonalization
(noun)
noun
1. emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
Definition categories: state
2. (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Definition categories: state
3. representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
Similar word(s): reification
Definition categories: act, objectification
Sentences with depersonalization as a noun:
- He was in a critical state of depersonalization.
- His depersonalization causes a great deal of stress as he searches for an authentic personal identity.
- His severe depersonalization causes an aloof demeanor.