derealization
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- noun
- /ˌdɪəˌriːəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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desrealización
- In Capgras's case, the paranoia is presented as a rationalization of localized feelings of unfamiliarity, depersonalization, or derealization in relation to a particular person, place, or object.
- derealization and depersonalization
- feelings of derealization
Examples
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It is strongly associated with feelings of derealization and dissociation accompanying strong depression and often resolves at the same time as the depression.
Academic text (1999) -
One set of factors of organic damage creates the abnormal perceptual experiences, which are characterized by a lack of emotional responses and feelings of emptiness and derealization.
Academic text (1999) -
Neurological testing revealed not just the belief that he was, or might be, dead, but also feelings of derealization and depersonalization.
Academic text (1999) -
The derealization of this domain of human intimacy and sociality works by denying reality and truth to the relations at issue.
Academic text (2017) -
I was sexually assaulted when I was about 10, and all it means to me is an explanation of why I've never been able to be sexual with anyone and am in a fairly constant state of depersonalization and derealization.
Blog text (15) -
Symptoms include brief psychotic episodes with hallucinations, delusions, depersonalization, derealization, and grossly unusual behavior.
Academic text (1994) -
During my episode of derealization, everything felt distant and surreal, as if I were in a dream.
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Many people experiencing derealization describe their surroundings as looking faded and unreal.
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She often struggles with derealization, feeling detached from reality in stressful situations.
Synonyms
A feeling of being disconnected from yourself and the world after a very bad event
A feeling that something is not real like a dream
To feel light and detached from reality like being in a dream
How Real
Surface Forms
Morphology
derealization = derealize (semi-transparent) = de + real + ize + ation
The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'derealize', but the psychological sense is specialized rather than fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Derealization comes from de- ('not' or 'remove') and real ('actual'), with -ization to make it a state. So derealization literally means the 'state of things feeling not real', which is why it describes when the world seems unreal or dreamlike.