dissociate

English

WOTD – 13 March 2010

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /dɪˈsəʊ.si.eɪt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /dɪˈsoʊ.si.eɪt/

Verb

dissociate (third-person singular simple present dissociates, present participle dissociating, simple past and past participle dissociated)

1. (transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

   A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.

2. (intransitive) To part; to stop associating.

   After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.

3. (chemistry, transitive) 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. (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo dissociation.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

5. (psychology, intransitive) To undergo dissociation.

   Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.

Antonyms

• associate

Derived terms

• autodissociate
• dissociation
• dissociative
• dissociator
• nondissociated
• nondissociating
• photodissociate
• photodissociated
• photodissociating
• redissociate
• undissociated

Related terms

• atomise
• atomize
• disassociate

Translations

(transitive) to make unrelated

• Bulgarian: разделям (bg) (razdeljam), разединявам (bg) (razedinjavam)
• Catalan: dissociar (ca)
• Dutch: scheiden (nl), afscheiden (nl)
• Finnish: erottaa (fi)
• French: dissocier (fr)
• German: separieren (de), lösen (de)
• Polish: odciąć (pl) pf, rozdzielić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: dissociar (pt)

(intransitive) to part, stop associating

• Bulgarian: отделям се (otdeljam se), откъсвам се (otkǎsvam se)
• Catalan: dissociar (ca)
• Dutch: zich scheiden (nl), zich distantiëren (nl)
• Finnish: erota (fi), erottautua
• German: sich distanzieren, zurückziehen (de), abgrenzen (de)
• Portuguese: distanciar-se, afastar-se
• Spanish: distanciarse (es), desmarcarse (es)

chemistry: to separate compounds into simpler parts

• Bulgarian: разлагам (bg) (razlagam)
• Catalan: dissociar (ca)
• Dutch: scheiden (nl)
• Finnish: hajottaa (fi)
• German: aufspalten (de), dissoziieren
• Irish: díthiomsaigh
• Portuguese: dissociar (pt)

chemistry: to undergo dissociation

• Bulgarian: дисоциирам (disociiram)
• Catalan: dissociar (ca)
• Dutch: zich (nl) scheiden (nl), dissociëren (nl)
• Finnish: hajota (fi)
• German: abspalten (de), scheiden (de), dissoziieren
• Irish: díthiomsaigh

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

dissociate

1. feminine plural of dissociato

Participle

dissociate f pl

1. feminine plural of dissociato

Etymology 2

Noun

dissociate f

1. plural of dissociata

Etymology 3

Verb

dissociate

1. inflection of dissociare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

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