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de⋅per⋅son⋅a⋅li⋅za⋅tion
[dee-pur-suh-nl-uh-zey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of depersonalizing. |
| 2. | the state of being depersonalized. |
| 3. | Psychiatry. a state in which one no longer perceives the reality of one's self or one's environment. |
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| de·per·son·al·i·za·tion (dē-pûr'sə-nə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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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
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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.
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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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