derealize

English edit

Etymology edit

de- +‎ real +‎ -ize

Verb edit

derealize (third-person singular simple present derealizes, present participle derealizing, simple past and past participle derealized)

To detach from reality; to subject to or cause to undergo derealization.
- 2013, Haim Gordon, Dictionary of Existentialism, →ISBN:
  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.

Alternative forms edit

derealise