depersonalization

🇺🇸 /diːˌpɜːrsənələˈzeɪʃn/ 🇬🇧 /diːˌpɜːsənəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/
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noun
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the process of making something less personal or impersonal

The company's policy of depersonalization made employees feel like numbers rather than individuals.

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a psychological state where a person feels detached from their own body or emotions

During the panic attack, she experienced a sense of depersonalization.

translation

n. the process of making something less personal or impersonal; a psychological state where a person feels detached from their own body or emotions

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Plural depersonalizations