dissociable

[ dih-soh-shee-uh-buhl, -shuh-buhl -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.

dissociable

/ dɪˈsəʊʃɪəbəl; -ʃə- /

adjective

1. able to be dissociated; distinguishable
2. incongruous; irreconcilable
3. Alsodissocialdɪˈsəʊʃəl a less common word for unsociable

Derived Forms

• disˌsociaˈbility, noun
• disˈsociably, adverb

Other Words From

• dis·soci·a·bili·ty dis·soci·a·ble·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissociable¹

1595–1605; < Latin dissociābilis, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + sociābilis sociable

Example Sentences

Thirty-seven portages lie between77 them and the dissociable sea.

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This purple colour would appear to be due to a highly dissociable compound of ω-brommethylfurfural with hydrogen bromide.

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They came in two by two, though matched in the most dissociable manner, and mingled together in a kind of dance.

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Dorking was a dapper little man, almost dissociable from gloves and a chimneypot.

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