Dissociation - English meaning

noun

The state or experience of being alienated.

Usage examples:

A sense of alienation from our environment

noun

The state of being objective or aloof.

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He felt a sense of detachment from what was going on

noun

A group of soldiers who are separated from the main group in order to perform a particular duty

Usage examples:

A detachment of paratroopers

noun

The state of being isolated or detached.

Usage examples:

I felt a sense of disconnection from the city environment

verb

Make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature.

Usage examples:

Her mother wished to distance her from the rough village children

noun

The length of the space between two points.

Usage examples:

I cycled the short distance home

noun

The full length of a race.

Usage examples:

He claimed the 100 m title in only his second race over the distance

noun

A difference or contrast between similar things or people.

Usage examples:

I was completely unaware of class distinctions

noun

A difference between two similar things

Usage examples:

[ c ] the comment drew/made a false distinction between domestic and foreign affairs, which are rea…

noun

The action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.

Usage examples:

The division of the land into small fields

noun

The separation of something into parts or groups, or one of the parts or groups that has been separated

Usage examples:

[ u ] the division of responsibilities among the officers of the company was spelled out in detail.…

noun

One of the main separate parts that a company, or group of companies, is divided into

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The year-on-year profit figure for the division fell by 36%., investment/services/international div…

noun

The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.

Usage examples:

Her divorce from her first husband

verb

Legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone).

Usage examples:

She divorced him in 1965

noun

A divorced person.

noun

The process or fact of isolating or being isolated.

Usage examples:

Isolation from family and friends may also contribute to anxiety

noun

The condition of being separated from other people, towns, countries, etc.

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Geographic/rural/social isolation

noun

The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.

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The segregation of pupils with learning difficulties

noun

The action or state of moving or being moved apart.

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The damage that might arise from the separation of parents and children

noun

The action of ending a connection or relationship.

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The severance and disestablishment of the irish church

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

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Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

verb

Split apart.

Usage examples:

A universe sundered ages ago in a divine war

verb

To break something apart

Usage examples:

The last few bubbles rose from the sundered ship.

verb

Disconnect (something, especially a railway vehicle that has been coupled to another).

Usage examples:

They uncoupled the engine

verb

Present participle of uncouple

Usage examples:

The engine had been uncoupled from the rest of the train.