DISSOCIATE


Meaning of DISSOCIATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsoʊʃieɪt ]

( dissociates, dissociating, dissociated)

1.

If you dissociate yourself from something or someone, you say or show that you are not connected with them, usually in order to avoid trouble or blame.

It is getting harder for the president to dissociate himself from the scandal.

VERB : V pron-refl from n

2.

If you dissociate one thing from another, you consider the two things as separate from each other, or you separate them. ( FORMAL )

Almost the first lesson they learn is how to dissociate emotion from reason.

= divorce

VERB : V n from n

• dis‧so‧cia‧tion

The war between the sexes should not result in their complete dissociation from one another.

N-UNCOUNT : oft N from n

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