depersonalisation

• Nom désignant l'état ou le processus par lequel une personne se sent détachée de sa propre réalité personnelle ou de son identité, souvent décrit comme une impression d'irréalité ou de se percevoir comme une partie anonyme d'un système impersonnel.

A noun referring to a state or process in which an individual feels detached from their own personal reality or identity, often described as a feeling of unreality or being an anonymous part of an impersonal system.

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1. Dissociative disorderC1formalmedical

   An emotional state or disorder in which a person feels detached from their own mental processes or body, accompanied by a sense of unreality or strangeness.

   Dépersonnalisation

   • Patients with depersonalisation often feel as though they are watching their own life from outside their body.
   • Chronic depersonalisation can lead to feelings of disconnection from reality and confusion.
   • Therapy helped her manage the symptoms of depersonalisation and regain a sense of self.

2. Loss of personal identityC2formal

   In existential philosophy, the feeling of being an anonymous, interchangeable part of a large, impersonal social system, losing one's unique identity.

   Dépersonnalisation

   • Modern bureaucracy often leads to a sense of depersonalisation among employees.
   • Kierkegaard described depersonalisation as a consequence of mass society.
   • The character in the novel experiences depersonalisation as he becomes just a face in the crowd.

   Synonymesalienationanomiedehumanizationestrangement

   Antonymesindividualisationindividuation

3. DehumanisationC1formal

   The act of representing or treating a person as a physical object deprived of individual qualities, personality, or humanity.

   Déshumanisation

   • The prison system's harsh conditions resulted in the depersonalisation of inmates.
   • Advertising sometimes contributes to depersonalisation by reducing people to mere consumers.
   • In war, propaganda often promotes depersonalisation of the enemy.

   Synonymesdehumanizationobjectificationreification