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dissociability

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dis⋅so⋅ci⋅a⋅ble

[di-soh-shee-uh-buhl, -shuh-buhl or, for 1, -see-uh-]
–adjective
1. capable of being dissociated; separable: Worthy and unworthy motives are often not dissociable.
2. not sociable; unsociable.
3. incongruous; not reconcilable.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L dissociābilis, equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + sociābilis sociable


dis⋅so⋅ci⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, dis⋅so⋅ci⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
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dis·so·cia·ble   (dĭ-sō'shə-bəl, -shē-ə-bəl)   
adj.  That can be dissociated; separable: To many, drugs and crime are not dissociable.
dis·so'cia·bil'i·ty, dis·so'cia·ble·ness n., dis·so'cia·bly adv.
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