DISASSOCIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disassociation mean? 

• DISASSOCIATION (noun)
  The noun DISASSOCIATION has 2 senses:

1. the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination

2. a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

  Familiarity information: DISASSOCIATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISASSOCIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being unconnected in memory or imagination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife

Hypernyms ("disassociation" is a kind of...):

separation (the state of lacking unity)

Antonym:

association (the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination)

Derivation:

disassociate (part; cease or break association with)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disassociation; dissociation

Hypernyms ("disassociation" is a kind of...):

mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disassociation"):

compartmentalisation; compartmentalization (a mild state of dissociation)

dissociative disorder (dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down)

Derivation:

disassociate (part; cease or break association with)

 Context examples 

Issue associated with an undesired disassociation or breaking apart of device materials.

(Medical Device Material Separation, Food and Drug Administration)

This is manifested on the ECG by disassociation of atrial and ventricular rhythms.

(AV Block Third Degree, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)