disembodiment
- noun
- /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪmənt/
- Specialized
:
desencarnación
- Because of our culture's disembodiment, or disconnection from our bodies, connected knowing and somatic empathy have not been widely practiced.
- feelings of disembodiment
Examples
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Certainly, there is a feeling of disembodiment and momentary disorientation that will only diminish with repeated interfaces.
Fiction book (1995) -
In a word, the metaphor of cyberspace is about disembodiment.
Academic text (1997) -
Somatic education can be of significant help in counteracting the negative consequences of disembodiment, disconnection, and dissociation from our bodily-based experience.
Academic text (2000) -
After spending hours in virtual reality, she experienced a deep sense of disembodiment as if she were detached from her physical self.
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The patient described feelings of disembodiment during moments of extreme stress, as if she were watching her body from afar.
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Meditation helped him overcome the sensations of disembodiment that accompanied his anxiety attacks.
Synonyms
9
8.3
A feeling that you are outside your body and can see it from above
3
8.4
A mental state where part of a person's memory or feelings feels separate
3
8.7
A mental state in which a person feels separated from themselves or their memories
1
9.9
A person feels detached from themselves and their identity
Antonyms
How Detached
9
8.3
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
3
8.7
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6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disembodiment comes from the prefix dis- meaning 'not' and embody from body meaning 'physical self'. So disembodiment is like being 'not in the body', which helps you remember it as the strange feeling of your mind or senses being separate from your body.