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derealized

derealized is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about derealized

What is derealized the simple past and past participle of?
Derealized is the simple past and past participle of derealize.

Words near derealized in the dictionary

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

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