Disassociation

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disassociation
       n 1: the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination; "I
            could not think of him in disassociation from his wife"
            [ant: {association}]
       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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "disassociation":
     abstraction, alienation, detachment, disarticulation,
     disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuity, discreteness,
     disengagement, disjointing, disjunction, disjuncture, dislocation,
     dissociation, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement,
     immateriality, impertinence, inapplicability, inappositeness,
     incoherence, inconnection, inconsequence, independence, irrelation,
     irrelevance, isolation, luxation, parting, partition, removal,
     segmentation, separateness, separation, separatism, subdivision,
     subtraction, unconnectedness, unrelatedness, withdrawal, zoning