Dissociative
/dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A dissociative drug.
Adjective
- 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 Causing dissociation.
"The dissociative techniques separated ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia."
- 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 tending to produce dissociation wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Beyond what number of Facebook friends are you considered to have a dissociative identity disorder?"
Etymology
From dissociate + -ive.