dissociative

American  

[di-soh-see-uht-iv, di-soh-shee-ayt-iv, -suht-iv] / dɪˈsoʊ si ət ɪv, dɪˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt ɪv, -sət ɪv /

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.

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Example Sentences

So I think the album is very representative of that experience and I think why it continues to resonate for subsequent generations is, it’s very dissociative.

From Los Angeles Times

She had been battling various mental health conditions including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and dissociative identity disorder.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the main protagonists in “The Dark Tower” series, Susannah Dean, is a Black woman with dissociative identity disorder.

From Salon

Bates murders his victims due to a form of dissociative identity disorder that drives him according to her will.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC