dissociate

dis·so·ci·ate

 (dĭ-sō′sē-āt′, -shē-)

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; separate; part.

2. Chemistry & Psychiatry To undergo dissociation.

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[Latin dissociāre, dissociāt- : dis-, dis- + sociāre, to unite (from socius, companion; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots).]

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dissociate

(dɪˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt; -sɪ-)

vb

1. to break or cause to break the association between (people, organizations, etc)

2. (tr) to regard or treat as separate or unconnected

3. to undergo or subject to dissociation

disˈsociative adj

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dis•so•ci•ate

(dɪˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing. v.t.

1. to sever the association of; disconnect; separate: He tried to dissociate himself from his past.

2. to subject to dissociation.

v.i.

3. to withdraw from association.

4. to undergo dissociation.

[1605–15; < Latin dissociātus, past participle of dissociāre to divide, sever =dis- dis-¹ + sociāre to attach as a partner, derivative of socius companion]

dis•so′ci•a`tive, adj.

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dissociate

Past participle: dissociated
Gerund: dissociating

Imperative

dissociate

dissociate

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	dissociate - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce break up, part, split, split up, separate, break - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
	2.	dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" decouple differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" associate, colligate, link, relate, tie in, connect, link up - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
	3.	dissociate - to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions" chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions decompose, break down, break up - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

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dissociate

disassociate

verb separate, distance, divorce, isolate, detach, segregate, disconnect, set apart how to dissociate emotion from reason

dissociate yourself from something or someone break away from, part company with, break off relations with, have nothing more to do with, sever connections with, end relations with He dissociated himself from his former friends.

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dissociate

verb

To remove from association with:

abstract, detach, disassociate, disengage, withdraw.

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Translations

يُفَرِّق، لا يَرْبطيَفْصِل

distancovat seoddělitodloučit

distancere sig

distanzierentrennen

dissocier

távol tartja

rjúfa samband eîa tengsl viîrjúfa tengsl viî

dissociaredissociarsiseparare

atribotiatsiriboti

atdalītnorobežotiesnošķirt

afscheidendissociërendistantiërenscheidenzich

atskilleta avstand fra

dištancovať saodlúčiť

ayrılmakbağları koparmakilişkisini kesmek

与某人或某事划清界线使分离

dissociate

[dɪˈsəʊʃɪeɪt] VT → disociar (from de) to dissociate o.s. from sth/sb → disociarse or desligarse de algo/algn

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dissociate

[dɪˈsəʊʃieɪt dɪˈsəʊsieɪt] vt → dissocier
to dissociate o.s. from sb/sth → se dissocier de qn/qch

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dissociate

vt → trennen, dissoziieren (geh, Chem) → (from von); to dissociate oneself from somebody/something → sich von jdm/etw distanzieren; two aspects which have become largely dissociated → zwei Aspekte, die sich weitgehend voneinander gelöst haben

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dissociate

[dɪˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt] vt to disassociate (from) → dissociare (da), separare (da)
to disassociate o.s. from → dichiarare di non avere niente a che fare con (from political line) → dissociarsi da

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dissociate

(diˈsəusieit) verb

1. to separate, especially in thought. dissosieer يُفَرِّق، لا يَرْبط разединявам dissociar oddělit (se), odloučit (se) trennen adskille fra αποσυνδέωdisociar lahus hoidma جدا کردن؛ تفکیک کردن erottaa dissocier לְהָפרִיד अलग करना या हो जाना rastaviti, odijeliti szétválaszt memisahkan rjúfa samband eða tengsl við dissociare 分離する 분리하다 (at)skirti nošķirt; atdalīt asingkan scheidenatskille, holde fra hverandre rozgraniczyć له ټولنې ياډلې څخه جلا كول، بېلول: جلاكېدل، بېلېدل dissociar a disocia разобщать odlúčiť (sa) ločiti razdvojiti skilja, separera ทำให้แยกออกจากกัน ayrılmak 分開(尤指在思想上) відокремлювати علاحدہ کرنا tách ra 使分离（尤指思想意识）

2. to refuse to connect (oneself) (any longer) with. I'm dissociating myself completely from their actions. losmaak يَفْصِل откъсвам dissociar(-se) distancovat se distanzieren tage afstand; distancere sig διαχωρίζω disociarse lahti ütlema ترک مراوده کردن sanoutua irti se dissocier לְנָתֶק रिश्ता तोड़ लेना odreći se, ograditi se távol tartja magát vmitől memisahkan rjúfa tengsl við dissociarsi 関係を断つ 관계를 끊다 at(si)riboti norobežoties tarik diri zich distantiëren van ta avstand fra odcinać się, dystansować sie تګ او راتګ له څا سره بندول dissociar a se desolidariza (de) отмежёвываться dištancovať sa distancirati se distancirati ta avstånd från แยกตัว ilişkisini kesmek, bağları koparmak 與某人或某事劃清界線 відмежовуватися کسی سے وابستہ ہونے سے انکار کرنا không liên quan 与某人或某事划清界线

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