— dissociative , adj.
/di soh"shee ayt', -see-/ , v. , dissociated, dissociating .
v.t.
1. to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
2. to subject to dissociation.
v.i.
3. to withdraw from association.
4. to undergo dissociation.
[ 1605-15; DIS- 1 + (AS)SOCIATE, modeled on L dissociatus, ptp. of dissociare to divide, sever ]