dissociation

Borrowed from French dissociation, from Latin dissociātiō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪˌsəʊʃɪieɪʃən/ (UK)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

dissociation (countable and uncountable, plural dissociations)

1. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.
2. (chemistry) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances.

   the dissociation of the sulphur molecules

   the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia

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3. (psychology) A defence mechanism where certain thoughts or mental processes are compartmentalised in order to avoid emotional stress to the conscious mind.
   • 1999, Joan d'Arc and Al Hidell, The Conspiracy Reader: From the Deaths of JFK and John Lennon to Government-Sponsored Alien Cover-Ups

     Project MONARCH could be best described as a form of structured dissociation and occultic integration, carried out in order to compartmentalize the mind into multiple personalities within a systematic framework.

4. (psychology) Feeling of detachment from reality

• dissociate
• dissociative

dissociation c (singular definite dissociationen, plural indefinite dissociationer)

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• dissociere

• “dissociation” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin dissociatio.

• IPA^(key): /di.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃/

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dissociation f (plural dissociations)

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• dissociatif
• dissocier

• “dissociation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.