dissociation

English

Alternative forms

• disassociation

Etymology

Borrowed from French dissociation, from Latin dissociātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/, /dɪˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

dissociation (countable and uncountable, plural dissociations)

1. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.
   • 2018 May 15, Sebastian B. Gaigg, Dermot M. Bowler, “A Relational Processing Framework of Memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in Jonni L. Johnson, Gail S. Goodman, Peter C. Mundy, editors, The Wiley Handbook of Memory, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and the Law, →DOI, page 15:

     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.

2. (chemistry) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances.

   the dissociation of the sulphur molecules

   the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. (psychology) A defence mechanism where certain thoughts or mental processes are compartmentalised in order to avoid emotional stress to the conscious mind.
   • 1999, Joan d'Arc, Al Hidell, The Conspiracy Reader: From the Deaths of JFK and John Lennon to Government-Sponsored Alien Cover-Ups:

     Project MONARCH could be best described as a form of structured dissociation and occultic integration, carried out in order to compartmentalize the mind into multiple personalities within a systematic framework.

Derived terms

• acid dissociation constant
• bond dissociation energy
• dissociation energy
• dissociation reaction

 

Related terms

• dissociate
• dissociative

Translations

act of dissociating

• Bulgarian: разделяне (bg) n (razdeljane), разединение (bg) n (razedinenie)
• Dutch: dissociatie (nl) f, scheiding (nl) f
• Finnish: hajoaminen (fi), dissosiaatio (fi)
• Irish: díchaidreamh m
• Italian: dissociazione (it) f
• Macedonian: разделу́вање n (razdelúvanje), разедину́вање n (razedinúvanje)
• Persian: گسستگی (fa) (gosastegi)
• Polish: rozkład (pl) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: disociere (ro) f, disocieri f pl
• Russian: разобще́ние (ru) n (razobščénije), отмежева́ние (ru) n (otmeževánije), размежева́ние (ru) n (razmeževánije)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

state of separation

• Russian: разобщённость (ru) f (razobščónnostʹ), отмежёванность f (otmežóvannostʹ), размежёванность f (razmežóvannostʹ)

chemistry: process of breaking up

• Bulgarian: разлагане (bg) n (razlagane), дисоциация f (disociacija)
• Dutch: dissociatie (nl) f
• Finnish: dissosiaatio (fi)
• Irish: díthiomsú m, díthiomsúchán m
• Italian: dissociazione (it) f
• Macedonian: распа́ѓање n (raspáǵanje), дисоција́ција f (disocijácija), ра́спад m (ráspad)
• Persian: تفکیک (fa) (tafkik), جداسازی (fa) (jodâsâzi)
• Romanian: disociere (ro)

defence mechanism

• Finnish: dissosiaatio (fi)
• Italian: dissociazione (it) f
• Macedonian: дисоција́ција f (disocijácija)
• Polish: dysocjacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: dissociação f
• Russian: диссоциа́ция (ru) f (dissociácija)
• Spanish: disociación (es) f

Danish

Noun

dissociation c (singular definite dissociationen, plural indefinite dissociationer)

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Declension

Declension of dissociation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dissociation	dissociationen	dissociationer	dissociationerne
genitive	dissociations	dissociationens	dissociationers	dissociationernes

Related terms

• dissociere

Further reading

• “dissociation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Latin dissociātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

dissociation f (plural dissociations)

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Related terms

• dissociatif
• dissocier

Further reading

• “dissociation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.