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PRONUNCIATION OF DEINDIVIDUATION

deindividuation  [diːˌɪndɪvɪdjʊˈeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEINDIVIDUATION

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verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deindividuation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEINDIVIDUATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Deindividuation

Deindividuation is a concept in social psychology that is generally thought of as the losing of self-awareness in groups, although this is a matter of contention. Sociologists also study the phenomenon of deindividuation, but the level of analysis is somewhat different. For the social psychologist, the level of analysis is the individual in the context of a social situation. As such, social psychologists emphasize the role of internal psychological processes. Other social sciences, such as sociology, are more concerned with broad social, economic, political, and historical factors that influence events in a given society.

Definition of deindividuation in the English dictionary

The definition of deindividuation in the dictionary is the loss of a person's sense of individuality and personal responsibility.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEINDIVIDUATION


actuation
ˌæktʃʊˈeɪʃən
attenuation
əˌtɛnjʊˈeɪʃən
continuation
kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃən
Croatian
krəʊˈeɪʃən
disambiguation
ˌdɪsæmˌbɪɡjʊˈeɪʃən
discontinuation
ˌdɪskənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃən
effectuation
ɪˌfɛktjʊˈeɪʃən
evaluation
ɪˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən
fluctuation
ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃən
graduation
ˌɡrædjʊˈeɪʃən
infatuation
ɪnˌfætjʊˈeɪʃən
menstruation
ˌmɛnstrʊˈeɪʃən
punctuation
ˌpʌŋktjʊˈeɪʃən
re-evaluation
ˌriːɪˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən
revaluation
ˌriːvæljʊˈeɪʃən
self-evaluation
ˌsɛlfɪˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən
Serbo-Croatian
ˌsɜːbəʊkrəʊˈeɪʃən
situation
ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən
superannuation
ˌsuːpərˌænjʊˈeɪʃən
valuation
ˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEINDIVIDUATION

deifier
deifies
deiform
deify
Deighton
deign
deil
Deimos
deindex
deindexation
deindustrialisation
deindustrialise
deindustrialization
deindustrialize
deinonychus
deinosaur
deinothere
deinotheria
deinotherium
deionisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEINDIVIDUATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
excitation
federation

Synonyms and antonyms of deindividuation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «deindividuation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEINDIVIDUATION

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The translations of deindividuation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deindividuation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

去个性化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desindividuación
570 millions of speakers

English

deindividuation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

deindividuation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إمعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

deindividuation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desindividualização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

deindividuation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désindividualisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Deindividuation
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Entindividualisierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

deindividuation
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

deindividuation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Deindividuasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

deindividuation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

deindividuation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डेनिडाइडायविएशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deindividuation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deindividuazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

deindividuation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

deindividuation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deindividuation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

deindividuation
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deindividuation
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

deindividuation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

deindividuation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deindividuation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEINDIVIDUATION»

The term «deindividuation» is normally little used and occupies the 149.137 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEINDIVIDUATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deindividuation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEINDIVIDUATION»

Discover the use of deindividuation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deindividuation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Social Psychology Alive
In particular, social psychologists have proposed that being a member of a group can sometimes produce a state of deindividuation (Festinger, Pepitone, & Newcomb, 1952), which refers to a loss of personal identity and a sense of immersion ...
Steven Breckler, James Olson, Elizabeth Wiggins, 2005
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Psychology A2: The Complete Companion
Zimbardo (1969) also conducted a study specifically to demonstrate the effects of deindividuation on aggression. Female students were asked to shock a confederate. Some were deindividuated (they wore loose robes and large hoods,  ...
Mike Cardwell, Cara Flanagan, 2003
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Psychology: An International Perspective
9 Deindividuation does not always lead groups and crowds to behave badly; indeed, it can when might deindividuation have the opposite effect (e.g., Johnson & Downing, 1 979). lead people to act in a O Other theoretical developments (see  ...
Michael W. Eysenck, 2004
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The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and ...
Deindividuation, therefore, lowers the person's inhibitions toward engaging in counternormative actions. Thus, according to this formulation, attraction to a group increases deindividuation, which in turn encourages behavior that is normally ...
W. Edward Craighead, Charles B. Nemeroff, 2004
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories
The term deindividuation refers to the loss of one's sense of individuality during which the person behaves with little or no reference to personal internal values or standards of conduct. Deindividuated states are characterized as pleasurable ...
J.E. Roeckelein, 2006
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Social Psychology
Another way in which groups influence individuals' behavior is through deindividuation. Deindividuation occurs when a person loses a sense of him- or herself as a distinct individual, and is thus less compelled to follow normal rules of ...
Catherine A. Sanderson, 2009
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Dictionary of Theories, Laws, and Concepts in Psychology
DE JONG'S LAW 135 proposed that a number of factors may lead to deindividuation in addition to focus on the group and avoidance of negative evaluation of moral responsibility: anonymity, group size, level of emotional arousal, altered time ...
Jon E. Roeckelein, 1998
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Social Groups in Action and Interaction
Consider a phenomenon known as deindividuation (Festinger, Pepitone, & Newcomb, 1952; Zimbardo, 1969), that occurs when the normal restraints on behavior are loosened, and people behave in an impulsive or deviant manner ( Diener, ...
Charles Stangor, 2004
9
Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security
In particular, we concentrate on a phenomenon called deindividuation. Social Presence and Deindividuation Deindividuation is defined as a feeling of being estranged from others, leading to behaviour violating appropriate norms ( Zimbardo, ...
Marian Quigley, 2008
10
Psychological Foundations of Moral Education and Character ...
The foregoing is a broad-brush characterization of Zimbardo's (1969) model of deindividuation. It is hoped that this characterization is sufficient to capture the complexity of the model. The following is a sample of research applicable to ...
Richard T. Knowles, George F. McLean, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEINDIVIDUATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deindividuation is used in the context of the following news items.
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PROPS & DISSES
They can term it “deindividuation” or “social cognition malfunction.” We can blame it on the Internet. Social media allows us to hide behind our ... «Planet Jackson Hole, Jun 15»
2
Twitter's free-speech lynch mob
In social psychology we call it deindividuation. People lose a bit of their identity and their values when they join in and say things they wouldn't ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
3
Big Question: Why Am I a Horrible Person When I Drive?
Part of the problem has to do with what psychologists call “deindividuation.” Coined around the same time Motor Mania was released, the word ... «Wired, May 15»
4
SU professor examines the psychology behind rioting
It's called deindividuation: when people stop behaving like themselves and start behaving as a group. Newman says in the heat of the moment, ... «WSYR, Apr 15»
5
The pursuit of power: Why Isis loves spreadsheets and mafia bosses …
Commentators reach for psychological explanations: brainwashing, empathy deficits, deindividuation. But terrorism is powered by an excess of ... «New Statesman, Apr 15»
6
Free speech comes with inherent responsibilities
According to an article in the Guardian newspaper by Tim Adams in July 2011, psychologists call this phenomenon “deindividuation”. That's a ... «London Free Press, Mar 15»
7
Technology is taking away our humanity
... the distance from the person involved, can result in “deindividuation” (losing self-awareness and individual accountability), leading to this sort ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
8
Consider Dirt
Dirt is the final, most extreme stage of the process of deindividuation. If dirt is tiny particles of everything mixed together into one mass, then a ... «The Commentator, Mar 15»
9
The causes and effects of social media explosions
It involves a loss of individual identity, a social psychology concept called deindividuation. Social media targets our social instincts, our need to ... «Regina Leader-Post, Mar 15»
10
Higher education: Bad writing, or not much to say?
Billig names scores of over-used nouns, like mediatization, re-ethnicification, deindividuation and, especially, reification. He argues against ... «Vancouver Sun, Mar 15»

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