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dissociate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb dissociate has 3 senses
- dissociate(v = verb.social) disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" is one way to break, break up, part, separate, split, split up
- dissociate(v = verb.cognition) decouple - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" is one way to differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart
- dissociate(v = verb.change) Array - to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions" is one way to break down, break up, decompose
Derived forms noun dissociation1, noun dissociation2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym: associate
Derived forms noun dissociation1, noun dissociation2, adjective dissociative1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun dissociation3
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dissociate, v.
1 tr. & intr. (usu. foll. by from) disconnect or become disconnected; separate (dissociated her from their guilt).
2 tr. Chem. decompose, esp. reversibly.
3 tr. Psychol. cause (a person's mind) to develop more than one centre of consciousness.
1 tr. & intr. (usu. foll. by from) disconnect or become disconnected; separate (dissociated her from their guilt).
2 tr. Chem. decompose, esp. reversibly.
3 tr. Psychol. cause (a person's mind) to develop more than one centre of consciousness.
Idiom
dissociated personality Psychol. the pathological coexistence of two or more distinct personalities in the same person. dissociate oneself from
1 declare oneself unconnected with.
2 decline to support or agree with (a proposal etc.).
1 declare oneself unconnected with.
2 decline to support or agree with (a proposal etc.).
Derivative
dissociative adj.
Etymology
L dissociare (as DIS-, socius companion)
THESAURUS
dissociate
abrupt, abstract, alienate, cast off, cast out, catalyze, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, detach, dialyze, disarticulate, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, distance, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, electrolyze, estrange, expel, hydrolyze, isolate, leave, part, photolyze, pull away, pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, subtract, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unyoke, withdrawROGET THESAURUS
dissociate
Disjunction
VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.
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