Meanings
verbderealize (third-person singular simple present derealizes, present participle derealizing, simple past and past participle derealized)
present singular third person derealizes · participle present derealizing · participle past derealized · past derealized · alternative derealise
- To detach from reality; to subject to or cause to undergo derealization.
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.
2013, Haim Gordon, Dictionary of Existentialism, →ISBN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchree
- Middle Englishreal
- Englishreal
- Englishderealize
Cite this entry
APA
derealize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derealize
MLA
“derealize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derealize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “derealize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derealize.
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