an abnormal state of consciousness in which the subject feels unreal and detached from himself or herself and the world
depersonalization in American English
(diˌpɜːrsənləˈzeiʃən)
noun
1.
the act of depersonalizing
2.
the state of being depersonalized
3. Psychiatry
a state in which one no longer perceives the reality of one's self or one's environment
Word origin
[1905–10; depersonalize + -ation]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Expressionism, aspect ratio, jazz, revolving door, scrounge-ation is used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate (separation) and, on this model, to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation). Other words that use the affix -ation include: complementation, concentration, pagination, polarization, transportation
Examples of 'depersonalization' in a sentence
depersonalization
These symptoms include emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and decreased professional satisfaction.
Gilson de Cavalcante Almeida, Hercílio Ribeiro de Souza, Paulo César de Almeida, Beatrizde Cavalcante Almeida, Gilson Holanda Almeida 2016, 'The prevalence of burnout syndrome in medical students', Archives of Clinical Psychiatryhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-60832016000100006&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We identified a significantly higher level of depersonalization among male physicians compared to female physicians.
Szilvia Adam, Andras Mohos, Laszlo Kalabay, Peter Torzsa 2018, 'Potential correlates of burnout among general practitioners and residents in Hungary:the significant role of gender, age, dependant care and experience', BMC Family Practicehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-018-0886-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Female residents were more likely to report depersonalization.
Szilvia Adam, Andras Mohos, Laszlo Kalabay, Peter Torzsa 2018, 'Potential correlates of burnout among general practitioners and residents in Hungary:the significant role of gender, age, dependant care and experience', BMC Family Practicehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-018-0886-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These factors were emotional exhaustion (15 items), professional fulfillment (14 items) and depersonalization(7 items).
Carol Gouveia Melo, David Oliver 2012, 'Assessing Burnout in Portuguese Health Care Workers who Care for the Dying: Validityand Reliability of a Burnout Scale Using Exploratory Factor Analysis', Psychology, Community & Healthhttp://pch.psychopen.eu/article/view/21. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
High levels of emotional exhaustion in 82% and depersonalization in 51,4% of nurses was determined.
Yeliz İrem Tunçel, Menşure Kaya, Rukiye Neslihan Kuru, Saadet Menteş, Süheyla Ünver 2014, 'Nurses' Burnout in Oncology Hospital Critical Care Unit', Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisihttp://www.yogunbakimderg.com/article_7303/Nurses-Burnout-In-Oncology-Hospital-Critical-Care-Unit. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Anxiety and depression did not modify the associations of depersonalization with interoceptive accuracy.
Matthias Michal, Bettina Reuchlein, Julia Adler, Iris Reiner, Manfred E Beutel, ClausVögele, Hartmut Schächinger, André Schulz 2014, 'Striking discrepancy of anomalous body experiences with normal interoceptive accuracyin depersonalization-derealization disorder.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3937420?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mean of emotional exhaustion was 68.18, depersonalization 68.4 and personal accomplishment 29.36.
MH Haghighizadeh, S Daryaeepoor, R Ghasemzadeh, M Zahiri 2013, 'The Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Burnout among Rehabilitation Personnelof Razi Psychiatric Hospital in Tehran', علوم بهداشتی ایرانhttp://jhs.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-25&slc_lang=en&sid=1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Anxiety has an effect on depersonalization and derealization symptoms in vestibularpatients.
Ognyan I. Kolev, Spaska O. Georgieva-Zhostova, Alain Berthoz 2014, 'Anxiety Changes Depersonalization and Derealization Symptoms in Vestibular Patients',Behavioural Neurologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/847054. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)