disidentify
Sever psychological attachment
To disidentify is to detach oneself psychologically from a group, role, or category—to stop seeing it as part of who you are.
The term appears in psychology and social theory: She disidentified with the corporate culture after witnessing its values in action.
Students may disidentify with academic achievement when they feel excluded from it.
The opposite of identify with.
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- distancingCreating space or separation
- disavowalRejection of connection
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
renunciation · repudiation · projection · denial · repression · alienation · depersonalization · derealization
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- non-attachmentFreedom from possessive clinging
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- liberationRelease from constraint
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
emptiness · surrender · release · unbinding · mindfulness · equanimity · dispassion · self-inquiry
One's own identity perception
- self-perceptionHow one views oneself
- unbecomingInappropriate or unsuitable
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- releasingAllowing to escape
shedding · transformation · individuation · differentiation · boundary · authenticity · persona · self-questioning
Formal separation from organization
- disavowalRejection of connection
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- distancingCreating space or separation
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
apostasy · defection · deconversion · ex-member · disowning · withdrawal · separation · boundary-crossing
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- distancingCreating space or separation
- disavowalRejection of connection
rejection · renunciation · repudiation · projection · denial · repression · alienation · depersonalization · derealization · splitting
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- non-attachmentFreedom from possessive clinging
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- liberationRelease from constraint
moksha · emptiness · surrender · release · unbinding · mindfulness · equanimity · dispassion · self-inquiry · awakening
self-concept
One's own identity perception
- self-perceptionHow one views oneself
- unbecomingInappropriate or unsuitable
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
releasing · shedding · transformation · individuation · differentiation · boundary · authenticity · persona · self-questioning · unbinding
disaffiliation
Formal separation from organization
- disavowalRejection of connection
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- distancingCreating space or separation
renunciation · apostasy · defection · deconversion · ex-member · disowning · withdrawal · separation · boundary-crossing · outsider
disidentifyidentify
Establish who or what
embrace · adopt · internalize · self-identify · claim
identify, identified, identification, unidentified, identifiable, identifier, misidentify, reidentify, deidentify