depersonalization

NOUN
  1. 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
  2. emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
  3. (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
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How To Use depersonalization In A Sentence

  • Teachers may be at greater risk for depersonalization because their daily work life often includes large doses of isolation from their professional peers.
  • The result is alienation, depersonalization, and degradation of the human purpose.
  • Part of it measures five symptom areas: amnesia, depersonalization, derealization, identity confusion, and identity alteration.
  • As a metaphor for the depersonalization of industry, the 1957 film Desk Set pitted humanity against automation as the central quandary of modern civilization.
  • Getting information from a live person suits me fine, but, with the increasing depersonalization of communications involving commerce, with the endless message menus, I wonder just how much longer that will be possible. Being Connected « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
  • Police's burnout is an extremely reaction to prolonged work stress, which includes a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization , and reduced personal accomplishment.
  • *** Looked up, among other psychiatric terms, depersonalization and derealization. June 29th, 2007
  • The Beatles wanted to turn away from the comfortable and reassuring familiarity that is the essence of pop music and stardom, and instead confront their audience with strangeness and a kind of depersonalization.
  • The patient's mental status was marked by confusion, hostility, paranoia, agitation, and depersonalization.
  • The mean depersonalization score for New Zealand teachers was significantly lower than for their US counterparts, reflecting a low degree of burnout.
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