disassociate

[ dis-uh-soh-shee-eyt, -see- ]

/ ˌdɪs əˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si- /

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verb (used with object), dis·as·so·ci·at·ed, dis·as·so·ci·at·ing.

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Origin of disassociate

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis-¹ + associate

OTHER WORDS FROM disassociate

dis·as·so·ci·a·tion, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH disassociate

disassociate , dissociate

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How to use disassociate in a sentence

After the postwar disintegration of the British Empire, Scots curiously disassociated themselves with the period altogether.
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You become disassociated from it in a way, and it becomes harder to live it.
Allison Janney’s Incredible ‘Double O’ and That ‘Masters of Sex’ Love Scene|Jason Lynch|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The people in these pages feel real and as they progress, it takes on a wandering and disassociated form.
On the Hunt For…: Greg Baxter’s “The Apartment” Review|Elliot Ackerman|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Even the real House of Versace publicly disassociated itself from the project.
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In the U.K., an undesired tongue kiss was disassociated with rape under the 2003 Sexual Offences Act.
Dutch Supreme Court’s ‘Forced-Tongue Kiss’ Rape Ruling Explained|Lizzie Crocker|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The diagnosis is certain when the bacilli are found within groups of cells which have not been disassociated in making the smears.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Your one chance of future happiness is to be disassociated, at once and forever, from my dishonored life.
The Law and the Lady|Wilkie Collins
He sounded a new note, quite free from the cant with which, in her mind, he had never been quite disassociated.
Thirty|Howard Vincent O'Brien
It has been magisterially disassociated by M. Gaston Paris, and is now nothing but nonsense.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont
To tell the truth, the idea of justice is perhaps here disassociated for the first time.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont

British Dictionary definitions for disassociate

disassociate

/ (ˌdɪsəˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt) /

verb

a less common word for dissociate

Derived forms of disassociate

disassociation, noun

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