dissociation

dissociation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dissociation, from Latin dissociātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪˌsəʊʃɪieɪʃən/ (UK)

  • Audio (UK)

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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.
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 and 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.

4. (psychology) Feeling of detachment from reality

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: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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) (tafkīk), جداسازی‎ (fa) (ǰodāsāzī) Romanian: disociere (ro)

defence mechanism

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

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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

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French

Etymology

From Latin dissociatio.

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.