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derealize

derealize verb: to detach from reality; to subject to or cause to undergo derealization.

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 derealize

third-person singular presentderealizes
present participlederealizing
past participlederealized
pastderealized
alternative formderealise

Origin of derealize

From de- + real + -ize.

Questions about derealize

What does derealize mean?
Derealize means to detach from reality; to subject to or cause to undergo derealization.
What part of speech is derealize?
Derealize is a verb.
What is the past tense of derealize?
The past tense of derealize is derealized.

Words near derealize in the dictionary

  1. derealised
  2. derealises
  3. derealising
  4. derealization
  5. derealizations
  6. derealize
  7. derealized
  8. derealizes
  9. derealizing
  10. derebey
  11. derebeys

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