Definition of dissociation
noun
[mass noun] the action of disconnecting or separating or the state of being disconnected:we in the West honour a long-standing dissociation between church and state Chemistry the splitting of a molecule into smaller molecules, atoms, or ions, especially by a reversible process. Psychiatry separation of normally related mental processes, resulting in one group functioning independently from the rest, leading in extreme cases to disorders such as multiple personality: [count noun]:the dissociations that one can observe in neuropsychological patients
