dissociation
/dɪˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.84 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A defence mechanism where certain thoughts or mental processes are compartmentalised in order to avoid emotional stress to the conscious mind.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A general observation in memory studies of individuals with ASD is that they tend to experience greater difficulties on tests of free recall than tests of recognition or cued recall (Boucher, Mayes, & Bigham, 2012). In its own right, this pattern suggests greater difficulties with retrieval through recollection than through familiarity, but there is also more direct evidence for this dissociation."
- "the dissociation of the sulphur molecules"
- "the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia"
- "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."
Etymology
Borrowed from French dissociation, from Latin dissociātiō(n).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: *sekʷ-, dissociation, dissociātiō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
- British English: /dɪˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/