depersonalization

Definitions of depersonalization

1. noun

   representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
   synonyms: depersonalisation, reification

   type of:

   objectification

   the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
2. noun

   emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
   synonyms: depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis

   type of:

   dissociative disorder

   dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
3. noun

   (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
   synonyms: depersonalisation

   type 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