Other forms: dissociated; dissociating; dissociates
To dissociate is to break apart from someone, such as an employee leaving a business or a spouse leaving a marriage.
Dissociate is the opposite of associate. It comes from the Latin dissociare, which means basically "to disunite." To dissociate is to stop associating with someone. If a relationship ends, the two people are dissociated from one another. When you see the word dissociate, think "break-up."
Definitions of dissociate
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break away from; stop having a relationship with
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regard as unconnected“you must dissociate these two events!”synonyms: decoupleantonyms:associatemake a logical or causal connectiontype of:differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apartmark as different
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(psychiatry) mentally separate from reality, a physical environment, or one's own self or feelings
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to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
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