to disassociate
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7.0
- verb
- /ˌdɪsəˈsoʊsieɪt/
- She decided to disassociate herself from negative influences in her life.
- effectively disassociate
- actively disassociate
- attempt to disassociate
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Watch on YouTubeConfusion, I felt disassociated from my own life.
- Confusion, I felt disassociated from my own life.
- But often it's just a form of numbing that disassociates and disconnects you from you.
- And ultimately I had to kind of disassociate myself with him.
- These were very traumatizing and my brain loves to disassociate from trauma.
- Because voters are able to, to disassociate their votes on state issues from federal issues.
- But you know, it's really weird because you kind of disassociate from it.
- It's what happens when the electrons and the neutrons become completely disassociated.
- And again, we have to feel safe enough to be able to reassociate those disassociated parts.
- You lose your entire career or you you have to disassociate yourself from him and divorce him as soon as possible.
- And I hear so many people disassociate money and happiness, IE money is the root of all evil.
- And it's one of the most beautiful things that you can do to build connection and to start overcoming that disassociated state that so many of us live in.
- Man, the artist, couldn't disassociate himself from Hitler, the failed artist, but the artist nevertheless.
- When we are disassociated with our values and not in alignment with them, our bodies react.
- Did you ever notice that in times of stress or conflict that he would seem to withdraw or disassociate in some way?
- But I've never seen somebody be so disassociated in my life.
Examples
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In this case, again, the speaker must disassociate himself from what he said.
Academic text (1997) -
People want to disassociate themselves from it, from the horror of it.
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And ultimately I had to kind of disassociate myself with him.
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Because voters are able to, to disassociate their votes on state issues from federal issues.
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When students burn a campus building, it becomes necessary for us to disassociate ourselves from that behavior.
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Mind you, I have no such intention, but if I did, I would disassociate myself entirely from the present.
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Did you ever notice that in times of stress or conflict that he would seem to withdraw or disassociate in some way?
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I've tried to disassociate myself from him.
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The university has taken pains to disassociate itself from the private speech involved in this case.
Academic text (1996) -
Many of these young people disassociated their own well-being from that of the nation.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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1.0
To go away from a place, person, or group
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1.9
To remove something from a place or container
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2.3
End a relationship or go separate ways
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4.1
End a relationship with someone or something in a clear, final way
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2.9
To move apart or stop being together
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2.8
To stop taking part in a place or activity
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3.4
To stop being involved in an activity or agreement
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2.7
To end a close relationship and go separate ways
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3.5
To move away from people or a place to create space
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3.2
Leave an activity or agreement you had joined
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3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
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5.3
To stop being part of or connected to something
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5.8
Refuse to accept someone or something and stop having any connection with them
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4.1
To leave an organization and form a separate group
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4.6
To separate yourself completely from someone or something
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6.2
To leave a group and form a smaller, separate one often after disagreement
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6.6
To stop depending on someone or something and become independent
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3.0
To become loose and separate from something
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4.0
To come apart from something it is connected to
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6.7
Disconnect parts that were joined so they work independently
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6.7
To stop being involved with a person, group, or idea
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6.2
To free someone or something from limits so they can act more freely
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7.5
To stop being a member of a group or organization
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7.0
Keep away from someone or something to show no connection
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8.9
Stop seeing yourself as part of a group or role
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7.5
To stop feeling close to someone or something
To free a person or thing from a difficult situation
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Etymology
Disassociate starts with dis- meaning 'apart' and the part associate meaning 'to join or connect', the same root you see in social and society. So, to disassociate is to move 'apart' from a person, group, or idea and end that connection.