derealization
[ dee-ree-uh-luh-zey-shuh n ]
/ diˌri ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /
noun Psychiatry.
an alteration in perception leading to the feeling that the reality of the world has been changed or lost.
Origin of derealization
1940–45;
de- +
realization, orig. in the phrase
feeling of derealization, as translation of German
Entfremdungsgefühl (Freud)
Words nearby derealization
derby,
derbyshire,
derbyshire chair,
dercum's disease,
dere,
derealization,
derecho,
derecognize,
deregister,
deregulate,
dereism
Medical definitions for derealization
derealization
[ dē-rē′ə-lĭ-zā′shən ]
n.
The feeling that things in one's surroundings are strange, unreal, or somehow altered, as seen in schizophrenia.