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depersonalization

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representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality

(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness

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Such specialization and depersonalization of enquiry led inevitably to a taste for mere erudition and a temptation to eclecticism. Arnold Hauser

This behavior may... counteract feelings of'numbness'and depersonalization that aries duriing periods of extreme stress.-153 Girl, Interrupted. Susanna Kaysen

according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual Source: Internet

He concluded that a serious crisis occurred in European civilization in 1900 because of the rise of anti-Semitism, extreme nationalism, discontent with the parliamentary system, depersonalization of the state, and the rejection of positivism. Source: Internet

In addition to the sensory-perceptual effects, hallucinogenic substances may induce feelings of depersonalization, emotional shifts to a euphoric or anxious/fearful state, and a disruption of logical thought. Source: Internet

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