derealize

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ real +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

1. 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

• derealise