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
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |