dissociative

[di-soh-see-uht-iv, di-soh-shee-ayt-iv, -suht-iv]

adjective

1. Psychiatry.,  relating to or exhibiting a condition in which a group of mental processes is split off from the main body of consciousness, as in amnesia or certain forms of hysteria.

2. Physical Chemistry.,  relating to, tending toward, or exhibiting the reversible resolution or decomposition of a complex substance into simpler components.

3. relating to a disjunction or separation between two or more things.

Example Sentences

Experts are warning that some young people are taking dangerous amounts of ketamine not only due to it's low price and ease of availability, but also because of the dissociative feelings it brings.

From BBC

But the substance has earned new fans on social media platforms like TikTok, where influencers sell nitrous equipment or show off its euphoric, dissociative effects.

From Los Angeles Times

Played in a dissociative fever state by Magaro, he can lose sight of what he might actually be putting on air.

From Los Angeles Times

Ketamine is a legal medication commonly used as an anesthetic, but is also abused recreationally for its calming and dissociative effects.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, its high volume of ketamine, a potent anesthetic already skyrocketing as a prescription medication as well as surging in misuse, is responsible for its dissociative and psychedelic effects.

From Los Angeles Times