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derealizing

derealizing is the present participle and gerund 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 derealizing

What is derealizing the present participle and gerund of?
Derealizing is the present participle and gerund of derealize.

Words near derealizing in the dictionary

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

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