Meanings
- Removing or separating from some association.
It was a lonely, dissociative time in my life, when I stayed holed up in my apartment for weeks on end.
- Causing dissociation.
The dissociative techniques separated ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.
- human sciencesRelated to or caused by dissociation or dissociative disorders.
He had to take a few weeks off school after a dissociative episode.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dissociative drug.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetending to produce dissociation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
- Proto-Italic*sokjos
- Latinsokios
- Latinsocius
- Latinsociō
- Latindissociō
- Englishdissociate
- Englishdissociative
From dissociate + -ive.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish disociativo
- disociativoTranslations
Cite this entry
dissociative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissociative
“dissociative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissociative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dissociative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissociative.
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