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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dissociation, from Latin dissoci?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??s????ie???n/ (UK)
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

dissociation (countable and uncountable, plural dissociations)

1. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.
2. (chemistry) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances.

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3. (psychology) A defence mechanism where certain thoughts or mental processes are compartmentalised in order to avoid emotional stress to the conscious mind.
   • 1999, Joan d'Arc and Al Hidell, The Conspiracy Reader: From the Deaths of JFK and John Lennon to Government-Sponsored Alien Cover-Ups

     Project MONARCH could be best described as a form of structured dissociation and occultic integration, carried out in order to compartmentalize the mind into multiple personalities within a systematic framework.

Related terms

• dissociate
• dissociative

Translations

Danish

Noun

dissociation c (singular definite dissociationen, plural indefinite dissociationer)

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Declension

Related terms

• dissociere

Further reading

• “dissociation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Latin dissociatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.s?.sja.sj??/

Noun

dissociation f (plural dissociations)

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Related terms

• dissociatif
• dissocier

Further reading

• “dissociation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

dissociate +? -ive

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /d??so?.?i.?.t?v/, /d??so?.si.?.t?v/

Adjective

dissociative

1. removing or separating from some association

   It was a lonely, dissociative time in my life, when I stayed holed up in my apartment for weeks on end.

2. causing dissociation

   The dissociative techniques separated ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.

3. (psychology) related to or caused by dissociation or dissociative disorders

   He had to take a few weeks off school after a dissociative episode.

Related terms

• dissociate
• dissociation

Noun

dissociative (plural dissociatives)

1. a dissociative drug

French

Adjective

dissociative

1. feminine singular of dissociatif

Italian

Adjective

dissociative

1. feminine plural of dissociativo

Anagrams

• dissociatevi