desubjectification

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ subjectification

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

desubjectification (countable and uncountable, plural desubjectifications)

  1. The process of desubjectifying.
    • 2009, Black Hawk Hancock, Changing Theories: New Directions in Sociology, page 144:
      Foucault argued for a desubjectification of the self so that there was no longer one type of subject one could be but rather a constantly changing plurality of selves []