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n. The act of dissociating or the condition of having been dissociated.

n. Chemistry The process by which the action of a solvent or a change in physical condition, as in pressure or temperature, causes a molecule to split into simpler groups of atoms, single atoms, or ions.

n. Chemistry The separation of an electrolyte into ions of opposite charge.

n. Psychiatry A psychological defense mechanism in which specific, anxiety-provoking thoughts, emotions, or physical sensations are separated from the rest of the psyche.

n. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.

n. The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances.

n. A defence mechanism where certain thoughts or mental processes are compartmentalised in order to avoid emotional stress to the conscious mind.

n. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.

n. The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances

n. The severance of association or connection; separation; disunion.

n. Specifically In chem., the resolution of more complex into simpler molecules by the action of heat. Also called thermolysis.

n. In psychology: The disjunction of an associative connection, as by lapse of memory or by intercurrent associations, by the selective process of active attention, etc.

n. A minor degree of the disintegration or disaggregation of consciousness, as it is termed, which culminates in the phenomena of dual or multiple personality.

n. a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

n. the act of removing from association

n. (chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions

"* -- We have employed the term dissociation to indicate a rupture of that bond -- whatever be its nature-which may be supposed to exist normally between stimulus and reaction and which causes normal persons to respond in the majority of instances by common reactions."

separation    chemical change    chemical process    chemical action   

ionic dissociation    dissociation coefficient    dissociation constant    electrolytic dissociation    arrhenius's theory of electrolytic   

dissociative    dissociate   

disunion   

Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   

scission    inactivation    ionization    adsorption    desaturation