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dissociation /dɪˌsəʊʃɪˈeɪʃən,dɪˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃn/ Learn to pronounce noun the action of disconnecting or separating or the state of being disconnected. "we in the West honour a long-standing dissociation between church and state" Similar: separation disconnection detachment severance divorce uncoupling split setting apart segregation distinction division isolation alienation distancing sundering disseverment Opposite: association union CHEMISTRY the splitting of a molecule into smaller molecules, atoms, or ions, especially by a reversible process. PSYCHIATRY separation of some aspects of mental functioning from conscious awareness, leading to a degree of mental dysfunction or to mental conditions including dissociative identity disorder. plural noun: dissociations "the dissociations that one can observe in neuropsychological patients"
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