dissociate

To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

Verb

  1. To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
    • A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
  2. To part; to stop associating.
    • After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
  3. To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
    • We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
  4. To undergo dissociation.

    1. To undergo dissociation.

      • Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.

Origin

From Latin dissociō (“dissociate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).

Forms

dissociates dissociating dissociated

Antonyms

associate

Related

atomise atomize disassociate

Derived

autodissociate dissociation dissociative dissociator nondissociated nondissociating photodissociate photodissociated photodissociating redissociate undissociated