English > dissociative disorder: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down. |
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| Narrower | depersonalization, depersonalisation, depersonalization disorder, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalization neurosis, depersonalisation neurosis | emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness |
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| fugue, psychogenic fugue | dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life |
| split personality, multiple personality | A relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge |
| Broader | dissociation, disassociation | 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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| mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion |
| Spanish | trastorno disociativo |
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