depersonalisation

Thân thiện

A worker feels a sense of depersonalisation on the factory floor.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of representing a human being as a physical object, stripped of personal qualities or individuality: This refers to the process of treating people as if they are things, often in a social or economic context.
   • (Existentialism) A loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous, insignificant part of a large, impersonal system: This describes an internal psychological state where one feels detached from one's own sense of self.
   • (Psychology) An emotional dissociative disorder characterized by a loss of contact with one's own personal reality, accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness: This is a clinical condition where a person feels persistently or recurrently detached from their own mental processes or body.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The depersonalisation of workers in large factories was a key concern for early sociologists.
  • In the crowded city, he experienced a sense of depersonalisation, feeling like just another face in the crowd.
  • The therapist diagnosed her chronic feelings of detachment as depersonalisation-derealisation disorder.

Advanced Usage

• "Depersonalisation" in sociological critique: Often used to describe processes in bureaucracies or industries where individual human attributes are ignored.
  • The depersonalisation inherent in the customer service script made the interaction feel artificial.
• Clinical vs. colloquial use: In psychology, it is a specific symptom of a disorder. In everyday language, it can describe a more general feeling.
  • Clinical: The depersonalisation episode left her feeling like she was watching herself from outside her body.
  • Colloquial: The depersonalisation of modern online communication can be unsettling.

Variants and Related Words

• Depersonalize (verb): To deprive of personal character or individuality.
  • The system seems designed to depersonalize the user experience.
• Depersonalization (noun): The American English spelling of 'depersonalisation'.
• Depersonalisation-derealisation disorder (noun): A psychological disorder where feelings of depersonalisation are accompanied by feelings that the external world is unreal (derealisation).

Synonyms

• Objectification: Treating a person as a thing or object.
• Alienation: A feeling of being isolated or estranged, often from society or oneself.
• Detachment: A state of being disconnected or disengaged.

Related Phrases

• Feelings of depersonalisation: A common phrase to describe the experience.
  • She reported feelings of depersonalisation during periods of high stress.
• To experience depersonalisation: The typical verb collocation.
  • Individuals may experience depersonalisation as a trauma response.

Related Idioms

Note: There are no common idioms that use the exact word "depersonalisation." The concept is typically expressed directly or through related terms like "feeling like a number" or "being treated like a cog in a machine," which capture the essence of depersonalisation.

Học thuật

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. (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
3. emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness

Từ đồng nghĩa

• depersonalization
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• depersonalization disorder
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• depersonalization neurosis
• depersonalisation neurosis