dissociation

Borrowed from French dissociation, from Latin dissociātiō(n).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/, /dɪˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

dissociation (countable and uncountable, plural dissociations)

1. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.

   Synonym: disassociation

   • 2018 May 15, Sebastian B. Gaigg, Dermot M. Bowler, “A Relational Processing Framework of Memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in Jonni L. Johnson, Gail S. Goodman, Peter C. Mundy, editors, The Wiley Handbook of Memory, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and the Law, →DOI, page 15:

     A general observation in memory studies of individuals with ASD is that they tend to experience greater difficulties on tests of free recall than tests of recognition or cued recall (Boucher, Mayes, & Bigham, 2012). In its own right, this pattern suggests greater difficulties with retrieval through recollection than through familiarity, but there is also more direct evidence for this dissociation.

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

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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, 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.

• dissociate
• dissociative

dissociation c (singular definite dissociationen, plural indefinite dissociationer)

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• dissociere

• “dissociation” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin dissociātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /di.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃/

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dissociation f (plural dissociations)

1. dissociation

• dissociatif
• dissocier

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