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View synonyms for dissociable

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • disˌsociaˈbility, noun
  • disˈsociably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • dis·soci·a·bili·ty dis·soci·a·ble·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dissociable1

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

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

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

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

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

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