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depersonalisation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Middle English personal English personal English -ise English personalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English personalisation English depersonalisation From de- + personalisation.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of depersonalization.
   alt of depersonalization
   • I’ve read that depersonalisation is one of the body’s stress responses. You can’t deal with a situation, so it almost ejects you, makes you feel disconnected. 2015 December 29, Hannah Ewens, “I was terrified when my mind detached from my body – this is depersonalisation”, in The Guardian:

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