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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

derealize en · VERB

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- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English derealize From de- + real + -ize.

Meanings

  1. To detach from reality; to subject to or cause to undergo derealization.
    • Flaubert's choice of the imaginary is part of a bad-faith project to derealize and demoralize the bourgeoisie who, living in the imaginary world of Second Empire pretense, found in Madame Bovary their resonance. 2013, Haim Gordon, Dictionary of Existentialism, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
derealizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
derealized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
derealized Tense=Past lexicographic
derealise alternative lexicographic
derealizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic