Dissociation

/dɪˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/

Synonyms for "dissociation" (121 found)

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Closest matches (25)

alienationalpha decayalternating personalityatom smashingatom-chippingatom-smashingatomic disintegrationatomic reactionatomizationautismautistic thinkingavoidance mechanismbeta decayblame-shiftingbombardmentbreedingbulletcatalysiscatalystchain reaction
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Adjective(1 words)
broken ties

Strong matches (36)

defense mechanismdepersonalizationdereismdereistic thinkingdialysisdisassociationdisconnectiondiscretenessdisintegration seriesdisjunctiondisjuncturedisplacementdissociation of personalitydouble personalitydual personalityemotional dissociationemotional insulationescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanism
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escapismexchange reactionfantasizingfantasyfissionfission reactionflight
Noun(8 words)
depersonalizationdetachmentdetachment from realitydisassociatingdisassociationdisassociation from groupdisconnectionfamily disconnection
Verb(1 words)

Related words (60)

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nucleizationovercompensationparanoiaparanoid personalitypersonality disorganizationphotodisintegrationphotolysisprojectionproton gunproton reactionpsychotaxisrationalizationresistancereversible reactionschizoid personalityschizoidismschizophreniaschizothymiaseparatenesssociological adjustive reactionssplit personalitysplittingsplitting the atomstimulationsublimationsubstitutiontargetthermolysisthermonuclear reactionunconnectednessunrelatednesswish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawal
Noun(5 words)
ion separationionizationseparationseparation of ionsuncoupling

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More general

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chemical actionchemical changechemical processmental conditionmental stateprocesspsychological conditionpsychological processpsychological stateseparationstate

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10 entries
acid dissociationbase dissociationchemical dissociationdepersonalizationderealizationdissociative amnesiaelectrolyte dissociationmechanical dissociationmolecular dissociationwater dissociation

Collocations

5 entries
chemical dissociationdissociation constantdissociation energyemotional dissociationwater dissociation

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I've been experiencing depression and dissociation.

Source: tatoeba (11080977)

Oxygen was later produced and introduced into our atmosphere through two processes; photochemical dissociation, caused by the breakup of water molecules by the sun’s ultraviolet light, and photosynthesis, the process that uses carbon dioxide and water (H₂O) to form organic compounds while also releasing oxygen (O₂).

Source: tatoeba (11549898)

Some say that Lutheran Christianity has been modernized to a point of total dissociation from the original precepts of the Bible.

Source: tatoeba (12601554)

A general observation in memory studies of individuals with ASD is that they tend to experience greater difficulties on tests of free recall than tests of recognition or cued recall (Boucher, Mayes, & Bigham, 2012). In its own right, this pattern suggests greater difficulties with retrieval through recollection than through familiarity, but there is also more direct evidence for this dissociation.

Source: wiktionary

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