| NOUN | state | disassociation | the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination |
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| state | disassociation, dissociation | a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently |
| Meaning | The state of being unconnected in memory or imagination. | |
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| Example | "I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife" | |
| Broader | separation | The state of lacking unity |
| Opposite | association | The state of being connected together as in memory or imagination |
| Spanish | disociación | |
| Catalan | dissociació | |
| Verbs | disassociate | part |
| Meaning | A state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently. | |
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| Synonym | dissociation | |
| Narrower | compartmentalization, compartmentalisation | A mild state of dissociation |
| dissociative disorder | dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down | |
| Broader | psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition | (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic |
| Verbs | disassociate | part |
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