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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.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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

From withdraw +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ð?d???(?)l/, /w???d???(?)l/
• (intrusive r) IPA^(key): /w?ð?d?????l/, /w???d?????l/

Noun

withdrawal (countable and uncountable, plural withdrawals)

1. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
2. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
3. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.

   heroin withdrawal

   nicotine withdrawal

   caffeine withdrawal

4. An act of withdrawing.
5. The sum of money taken from a bank account.

Antonyms

• (receiving from someone's care): deposit

Translations