Etymology

dereism

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Today it means: Mental activity directed away from reality and towards subjective ideas or conceptions; fantasizing. Full definition →

Latin de re
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  1. Latin · derived fromde re“away from the thing”
  2. English todaydereism

From Latin de re (“away from the thing”) + -ism.

Words from the same roots

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dereistic

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