desubjectification

English

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Etymology

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From de- +‎ subjectification.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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desubjectification (countable and uncountable, plural desubjectifications)

  1. The process of desubjectifying.
    • 2009, Black Hawk Hancock, Changing Theories: New Directions in Sociology, page 144:
      Foucault argued for a desubjectification of the self so that there was no longer one type of subject one could be but rather a constantly changing plurality of selves []