dissociative
/dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv/ adjective, noun
Forms dissociatives
- adjective 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.”
- adjective Causing dissociation. “The dissociative techniques separated ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.”
- adjective (psychology) Related to or caused by dissociation or dissociative disorders. “He had to take a few weeks off school after a dissociative episode.”
- noun A dissociative drug.
Antonyms
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Tending or leading to dissociation.
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “dissociative”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details