Noun: disassociation ,dis-u,sow-see'ey-shun or ,dis-u,sow-shee'ey-shun
- The state of being unconnected in memory or imagination
"I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife"
- A state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
"The trauma led to a state of disassociation where she couldn't recall the incident";
- dissociation
Derived forms: disassociations
Type of: mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state, separation
Antonym: association
Encyclopedia: Disassociation