Dissociative

//dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dissociative drug.
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

Synonyms

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divisible

Example

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"Beyond what number of Facebook friends are you considered to have a dissociative identity disorder?"

Etymology

From dissociate + -ive.

Related phrases

dissociative disorderdissociative drug

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