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de·per·son·al·isa·tion /(ˌ)dɪˌpɝsnələˈzeʃən, ˌpɝsṇələ-/ 名詞
depersonalisation
n 1: emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of
contact with your own personal reality accompanied by
feelings of unreality and strangeness [syn: depersonalization,
depersonalization disorder, depersonalisation
disorder, depersonalization neurosis, depersonalisation
neurosis]
2: (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of
being an anonymous cog in a stupid social machine [syn: depersonalization]
3: 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" [syn: depersonalization, reification]