Depersonalization

de·per·son·al·i·za·tion   (dē-pûr'sə-nə-lĭ-zā'shən)    n.   The act of depersonalizing. The state of being depersonalized. Psychology A state in which the normal sense of personal identity and reality is lost.

Main Entry: de·per·son·al·iza·tion
Variant: or British de·per·son·al·isa·tion /(")dE-"p&r-sn&-l&-'zA-sh&n, -"p&rs-^&n-&-l&-/
Function: noun
: the act or process of causing or the state resulting fromloss of the sense of personal identity; especially : a psychopathological syndrome characterized by loss of identity and feelings of unreality or strangeness about one's own behavior —de·per·son·al·ize or British de·per·son·al·ise /(')dE-'p&r-sn&-"lIz,-'p&rs-^&n-&-/ transitive verb -ized or British -ised; -iz·ing or British -is·ing

depersonalization de·per·son·al·i·za·tion (dē-pûr'sə-nə-lĭ-zā'shən)
n.
A state in which the normal sense of personal identity and reality is lost, characterized by feelings that one's actions and speech cannot be controlled.

depersonalization

in psychology, a state in which an individual feels that either he himself or the outside world is unreal. In addition to a sense of unreality, depersonalization may involve the feeling that one's mind is dissociated from one's body; that the body extremities have changed in relative size; that one sees oneself from a distance; or that one has become a machine.

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