dissociable
Americanadjective
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capable of being dissociated; separable.
Worthy and unworthy motives are often not dissociable.
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not sociable; unsociable.
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incongruous; not reconcilable.
adjective
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able to be dissociated; distinguishable
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incongruous; irreconcilable
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Also: dissocial. a less common word for unsociable
Other Word Forms
- dissociability noun
- dissociableness noun
- dissociably adverb
Etymology
Origin of dissociable
1595–1605; < Latin dissociābilis, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + sociābilis sociable
Example Sentences
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Their findings argue that liking something and wanting something are actually dissociable in the brain - that they rely on the activity of different neurons, so you can have one without the other.
From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2011
Thirty-seven portages lie between77 them and the dissociable sea.
From The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba by Bryce, George
They came in two by two, though match'd in the most dissociable Manner, and mingled together in a kind of Dance.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
They came in two by two, though matched in the most dissociable manner, and mingled together in a kind of dance.
From Essays and Tales by Morley, Henry
But at least we must recognize that St. Paul asserts both sides of the picture: and that the 'terror' and the hope are not dissociable.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles
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