DISSOCIATION Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word dissociation. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DISSOCIATION
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| alienation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the feeling of being alienated from other people • separation resulting from hostility • (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another • the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly | ||||||||
| detachment | nounn | |||||||
noun • avoiding emotional involvement • the act of releasing from an attachment or connection • the state of being isolated or detached • a small unit of troops of special composition • coming apart | ||||||||
| disconnection | nounn | |||||||
noun • state of being disconnected • an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) • the act of breaking a connection | ||||||||
| disengagement | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of releasing from an attachment or connection • to break off a military action with an enemy | ||||||||
| disunion | nounn | |||||||
noun • the termination or destruction of union | ||||||||
| division | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an army unit large enough to sustain combat • one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole • the act or process of dividing • an administrative unit in government or business • discord that splits a group • a league ranked by quality • (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category • (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum • a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings • a group of ships of similar type • an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed • the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | ||||||||
| estrangement | nounn | |||||||
noun • separation resulting from hostility • the feeling of being alienated from other people | ||||||||
| isolation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of separation between persons or groups • a feeling of being disliked and alone • the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it • a country's withdrawal from international politics | ||||||||
| separation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of lacking unity • coming apart • the distance between things • sorting one thing from others • the social act of separating or parting company • the space where a division or parting occurs • the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal) • (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) • the act of dividing or disconnecting | ||||||||
| disassociation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination • a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently | ||||||||
