depersonalization

noun 3

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noun

1

The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.

He was in a critical state of depersonalization.

2

The loss of one's sense of personal identity.

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.”

3

A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.

His severe depersonalization causes an aloof demeanor.

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