disassociate

Her disassociation with the feminist label and its negative connotations just boils down to semantics.
Susan Sarandon Says She’s Not a Feminist: Why She Dumped the Label|Lizzie Crocker|July 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Unlike Antæus, I seemed to gain strength and poise by disassociation with the earth.
Edge of the Jungle|William Beebe
Its disassociation is, therefore, very little advanced as regards the nation as a whole.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont
Perhaps the psychologists of the book will find fault with my way of using the phrase, "disassociation of personality."
Before Adam|Jack London

Sidis defines Hypnosis as the disassociation of the superior and inferior nerve centers.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements|Gaius Glenn Atkins
The same inertia is opposed to the work of disassociation seen operating slowly on certain truths.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont

British Dictionary definitions for disassociation

disassociate

/ (ˌdɪsəˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt) /

verb

a less common word for dissociate

Derived forms of disassociate

disassociation, noun

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disassociate

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

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