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DISASSOCIATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

Synonyms:

disassociation; dissociation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("disassociation" is a kind of...):

mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disassociation"):

compartmentalisation; compartmentalization (a mild state of dissociation)

dissociative disorder (dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down)

Derivation:

disassociate (part; cease or break association with)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being unconnected in memory or imagination

Example:

I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("disassociation" is a kind of...):

separation (the state of lacking unity)

Antonym:

association (the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination)

Derivation:

disassociate (part; cease or break association with)

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