Dissociative

dis·so·ci·ate  (d-ssh-t, -s-)

v. dis·so·ci·at·ed, dis·so·ci·at·ing, dis·so·ci·ates

v.tr.

1. To remove from association; separate: "Marx never dissociated man from his social environment" (Sidney Hook).

2. Chemistry To cause to undergo dissociation.

v.intr.

1. To cease associating; part.

2. Biology To mutate or change morphologically, often reversibly.

3. Chemistry To undergo dissociation.

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[Latin dissocire, dissocit- : dis-, dis- + socire, to unite (from socius, companion; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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dis·soci·ative adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

dissociative - tending to produce dissociation divisible - capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible"