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Definition of: dereism
(dir′ē·iz′əm) noun Psychol.
Mental activity freed of ordinary logic, the facts of experience, or the realities of the external world: common in dreams and in certain mental disorders. [<DE- + L res thing + -ISM]
—de′re·is′tic adjective
—de′re·is′ti·cal·ly adverb
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