dissociate (redirected from dissociate from)

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.

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dissociate

Verb

[-ating, -ated]

1. dissociate oneself from to deny or break an association with (a person or organization)

2. to regard or treat as separate

dissociation n

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 or disassociate

verb separate, distance, divorce, isolate, detach, segregate, disconnect, set apart

dissociate yourself from something or someone break away from, part company with, break off relations with

Translations

dissociate [dɪˈsəuʃɪeɪt] vt → disociar;

to dissociate o.s. from → disociarse de

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dissociate [dɪˈsəuʃɪeɪt] vt → dissocier;

to dissociate o.s. from → se désolidariser de

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dissociate [dɪˈsəuʃɪeɪt] vt → trennen;

to dissociate o.s. from → sich distanzieren von

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dissociate [dɪˈsəuʃɪeɪt] vt → dissociare;

to dissociate o.s. from → dichiarare di non avere niente a che fare con