derealization

Definitions

1. The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it.
   countable, uncountable
2. making unreal, in general; detachment from reality or realness.
   countable, uncountable
3. The loosening of the bonds of (an electron) so that it can move freely among a group of atoms; delocalization.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Derealization frequently co-occurs with depersonalization disorder, in which affected individuals notice⟳ an altered perception of their surroundings, resulting in the world seeming unreal or dreamlike.”

“The derealization of Arab Americans created the conditions whereby, after the attacks of 9/11, the American public was willing to allow⟳, and sometimes become⟳ complicit in, their government's detention, extradition, and torture of Arabs and Muslims […]”

“This section develops a theme mentioned […] in the previous section, namely the derealization of the unpaired electron away from the formal radical centre […]”

“Indeed, cyclic derealization of π-electrons is at the heart of aromaticity. For benzene, it is found that the derealization of the density is greater between para-related carbons, […] than between meta-related atoms, […]”

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