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Dissociative

//dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Removing or separating from some association.

    "It was a lonely, dissociative time in my life, when I stayed holed up in my apartment for weeks on end."

  2. 2
    Causing dissociation.

    "The dissociative techniques separated ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia."

  3. 3
    Related to or caused by dissociation or dissociative disorders.

    "He had to take a few weeks off school after a dissociative episode."

Adjective
  1. 1
    tending to produce dissociation wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A dissociative drug.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dissociate + -ive.

Etymology 2

From dissociate + -ive.

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