disassociation

Other forms: disassociations

Definitions of disassociation

1. noun

   the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination
   “I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife”

   antonyms:

   association

   the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

   type of:

   separation

   the state of lacking unity
2. noun

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

   types:

   compartmentalisation, compartmentalization

   a mild state of dissociation

   dissociative disorder

   dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down

   depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis

   emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness

   fugue, psychogenic fugue

   dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

   multiple personality, split personality

   a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge

   type of:

   mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state

   (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic