noun
1. the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination
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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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.