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verb (used with object)
1.
to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
2.
to subject to dissociation.
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Dissociating
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Origin:
1605–15; dis-1 + (as)sociate, modeled on Latin dissociātus, past participle of dissociāre to divide, sever
1605–15; dis-1 + (as)sociate, modeled on Latin dissociātus, past participle of dissociāre to divide, sever
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dis·so·ci·a·tive, adjective
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dissociate
1623, verb use of adj. meaning "separated" (1548), from L. dissociatus, pp. of dissociare "to separate from companionship," from dis- "apart" + sociare "to join," from socius "companion."
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