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    DEPERSONALISATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individualityplay

    Example:

    according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual

    Synonyms:

    depersonalisation; depersonalization; reification

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("depersonalisation" is a kind of...):

    objectification (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)

    Derivation:

    depersonalise (make impersonal or present as an object)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machineplay

    Synonyms:

    depersonalisation; depersonalization

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("depersonalisation" is a kind of...):

    mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

    Domain category:

    existential philosophy; existentialism; existentialist philosophy ((philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangenessplay

    Synonyms:

    depersonalisation; depersonalisation disorder; depersonalisation neurosis; depersonalization; depersonalization disorder; depersonalization neurosis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("depersonalisation" is a kind of...):

    dissociative disorder (dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down)

    Derivation:

    depersonalise (make impersonal or present as an object)

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