Associations to the word «Depersonalization»

Wiktionary

DEPERSONALIZATION, noun. The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized
DEPERSONALIZATION, noun. (psychology) the loss of one's sense of personal identity
DEPERSONALIZATION, noun. (psychiatry) A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion

Dictionary definition

DEPERSONALIZATION, noun. Emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness.
DEPERSONALIZATION, noun. (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine.
DEPERSONALIZATION, noun. Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality; "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual".

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.