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Definition of Dissociate
1. Verb. Part; cease or break association with. "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
Generic synonyms: Break, Break Up, Part, Separate, Split, Split Up
Derivative terms: Disassociation, Disassociation, Dissociation, Dissociation, Disunion
2. Verb. Regard as unconnected. "Decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
Generic synonyms: Differentiate, Distinguish, Secern, Secernate, Separate, Severalise, Severalize, Tell, Tell Apart
Antonyms: Associate
Derivative terms: Dissociation, Dissociation, Dissociative
3. Verb. To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms. "Acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
Generic synonyms: Break Down, Break Up, Decompose
Derivative terms: Dissociation
Definition of Dissociate
1. v. t. To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
Definition of Dissociate
1. Verb. (transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To part; to stop associating. ¹
3. Verb. (chemistry transitive) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis. ¹
4. Verb. (chemistry intransitive) To undergo dissociation. ¹
5. Verb. (psychology intransitive) To undergo dissociation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dissociate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissociate
Literary usage of Dissociate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Evolution of Matter by Gustave Le Bon, F. Legge (1907)
"HOW, NOTWITHSTANDING ITS STABILITY, MATTER CAN dissociate. § I. Causes capable
of Modifying Molecular and A tomic Stmctures. THE first objection which ..."
2. The Problem of Asia and Its Effect Upon International Policies by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"... to contemplate eastern Asia apart from western ; to dissociate, practically,
the conditions and incidents in the one from those in the other. ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"... devises of realty or legacies charged upon realty, and cases involving gifts
of pure personalty, as to the form of expression which will dissociate the ..."
4. The Temperance Problem and Social Reform by Joseph Rowntree, Arthur Sherwell (1899)
"The question which awaits solution is, how best to eliminate the public-house
interest as a political force, and to dissociate politics from the sale of ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1941 dissociate, disassociate dissociate and disassociate share the sense ...
dissociate is recommended by a number of commentators on the ground that it is ..."
6. The Christian Herald by John Edwards Caldwell (1819)
"... of the dissociate Kef armed Church, New-York, from those in the Theological
Institution of the same Church, at Selkirk, Scotland, dated 7th Oct. 1818. ..."
7. A Desk-book of Errors in English, Including Notes on Colloquialisms and by Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"... instead. dissociate is preferable to disassociate; for associate is from the
Latin ad, to, ... dissociate."
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