disassociation
1. the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination - I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife • Ant: association • Derivationally related forms: disassociate • Hypernyms: separation 2. a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently • Syn: dissociation • Derivationally related forms: disassociate, dissociate (for: dissociation) • Hypernyms: psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition • Hyponyms: compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, dissociative disorder
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