Because of my post-traumatic stress disorder, I tend to dissociate when faced with a stressful situation.
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Dissociate
//dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.eɪt//
Synonyms for "dissociate" (60 found)
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6 entrieshas context
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13 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- дисоциирам verb (chemistry: to undergo dissociation)
- отделям се verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
- откъсвам се verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
- разделям verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
Catalan
4 entries- dissociar verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
- dissociar verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
- dissociar verb (chemistry: to separate compounds into simpler parts)
- dissociar verb (chemistry: to undergo dissociation)
Dutch
4 entries- afscheiden verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
- dissociëren verb (chemistry: to undergo dissociation)
- scheiden verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
- scheiden verb (chemistry: to separate compounds into simpler parts)
Finnish
4 entries- erota verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
- erottaa verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
- erottautua verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
- hajota verb (chemistry: to undergo dissociation)
French
1 entries- dissocier verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
Galician
4 entries- afastarse verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
- disociar verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
- disociar verb (chemistry: to separate compounds into simpler parts)
- disociar verb (chemistry: to undergo dissociation)
German
4 entries- abgrenzen verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
- abspalten verb (chemistry: to undergo dissociation)
- aufspalten verb (chemistry: to separate compounds into simpler parts)
- dissoziieren verb (chemistry: to separate compounds into simpler parts)
Indonesian
2 entries- memisahkan diri verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
- mendisosiasikan verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
Irish
2 entries- díthiomsaigh verb (chemistry: to separate compounds into simpler parts)
- díthiomsaigh verb (chemistry: to undergo dissociation)
Polish
2 entries- odciąć verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
- rozdzielić verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
Portuguese
4 entries- afastar-se verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
- dissociar verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
- dissociar verb (chemistry: to separate compounds into simpler parts)
- distanciar-se verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
Spanish
3 entries- desmarcarse verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
- disociar verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
- distanciarse verb ((intransitive) to part, stop associating)
Tagalog
1 entries- ihiwalay verb ((transitive) to make unrelated)
Sample sentences
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Without any healthy coping mechanisms it is possible that a patient will begin to dissociate pathologically.
Source: tatoeba (8785540)
Being a psychoactive agent, a hallucinogen can cause you to dissociate.
Source: tatoeba (8785546)
Because of my PTSD, I tend to dissociate when faced with a stressful situation.
Source: tatoeba (9778284)
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