dissociation
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- noun
- /ˌdɪsəʊˈsiːeɪʃən/
- Baseball tournaments were structures of dissociation: from the rigors of work, from economic preoccupations, and from the melancholy of nostalgic feelings.
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Examples
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More interesting findings of the present report are the dissociation effect noticed among pregabalin/gabapentin abusers and not among clonazepam abusers.
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I'm a one year MPH and health policy and management now, well, what I think is the, the, the, the issue here is the dissociation between science and reality.
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There may be a dissociation between resources:
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This is the odd association or lack of dissociation between work and home.
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We can look at the same journey as a continuous increase in dissociation from the world with which we interact.
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We arrive at our supposed concrete, realistic view of the world at the expense of dissociation.
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We can look to less desperate attempts in tribal cultures in order to imagine overcoming our dissociation from the phenomena.
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A dissociation strategy results in self-categorization that emphasizes membership only in the ethnic minority.
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Dominant European culture is being criticized here for condoning individual "greed" and "selfishness" and for its dissociation of people from any responsibility to the earth.
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The therapist explained that dissociation can be a coping mechanism for trauma.
Synonyms
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Removing people or things from a place
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Taking something or someone away from a place
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Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
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A feeling of no longer being close to someone
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The act of separating something from the thing it is connected to
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A mental state where part of a person's memory or feelings feels separate
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The act of stopping a connection or ending involvement with something
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Making less emotional or social contact with someone
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Ending an official link between a church and the government
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Separating things that were joined before, for example train cars
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Ending membership or connection with a group
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Breaking up an organized group like a band or army
Separation of parts that are normally joined in a structure or machine
Freeing things or people trapped in knots and difficult situations
Not being connected with people or groups
A lack of connection between things or people
Taking something out of its original situation so people look at it alone
Antonyms
Compounds
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A number that shows how easily a substance breaks into charged parts in water
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The energy needed to break all the bonds in a molecule into separate atoms
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Acids break into hydrogen ions and bases into hydroxide ions in water, forming salt and water
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Energy needed to break molecules into smaller parts in a hot gas or liquid
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An explanation of how acids and bases split into charged particles in water
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A chemistry idea that acids, bases, and salts split into charged particles in water
How Separate
Surface Forms
Morphology
dissociation = dissociate (transparent) = dis + associate + ion
The noun is a regular process/result formation from the verb 'dissociate'.
Etymology
Dissociation comes from Latin parts dis- 'apart' and soci- 'companion', the same root as associate and social. So a dissociation is when something is taken 'apart' from its partners or connections.