dissociation

Definition

The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.

Etymology

Borrowed from French dissociation, from Latin dissociātiō(n).

Example Sentences

• "A general observation in memory studies of individuals with ASD is that they tend to experience greater difficulties on tests of free recall than tests of recognition or cued recall (Boucher, Mayes, & Bigham, 2012). In its own right, this pattern suggests greater difficulties with retrieval through recollection than through familiarity, but there is also more direct evidence for this dissociation."
• "the dissociation of the sulphur molecules"
• "the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia"

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