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derealise

derealise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of derealize.

Meaning of derealize

Verb

derealize (third-person singular simple present derealizes, present participle derealizing, simple past and past participle derealized)

  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 of derealise

third-person singular presentderealises
present participlederealising
past participlederealised
pastderealised

Questions about derealise

What is derealise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Derealise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of derealize.

Words near derealise in the dictionary

  1. derdebas
  2. dere
  3. dere's
  4. derealisation
  5. derealisations
  6. derealise
  7. derealised
  8. derealises
  9. derealising
  10. derealization
  11. derealizations

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