dissociate
She decided to dissociate herself from the project after the ethical concerns were raised.
Verb (transitive):
- To regard or treat as separate and unconnected: To mentally or conceptually separate two or more things that might otherwise be linked.
- To end one's association with; to publicly declare separation from: To formally or publicly break ties with a person, group, or organization.
Verb (intransitive, chemistry):
- To undergo dissociation: To break down into simpler components, such as molecules, atoms, or ions, often reversibly.
Verb (transitive, meaning: to separate mentally):
- It is important to dissociate the artist's personal life from their work.
- You must dissociate these two issues; they are not related.
Verb (transitive, meaning: to break association with):
- The politician quickly dissociated herself from the controversial group.
- He decided to dissociate himself from the project after the scandal.
Verb (intransitive, chemistry):
- In water, sodium chloride will dissociate into sodium and chloride ions.
- Some acids dissociate completely in solution.
"to dissociate oneself from": A common collocation emphasizing a deliberate, often public, act of separation from a person, idea, or organization.
- The company sought to dissociate itself from the unethical practices of its former partner.
Psychological context: In psychology, "dissociate" can refer to a mental process where thoughts, feelings, or memories become disconnected from one's identity or consciousness.
- Trauma can cause a person to dissociate from the painful event.
Dissociation (noun): The act or process of dissociating.
- The dissociation of the compound was observed in the experiment.
- Her dissociation from the family business was a difficult decision.
Dissociative (adjective): Relating to or causing dissociation.
- She experienced dissociative symptoms.
Disassociate: A synonym, often used interchangeably, especially in the context of breaking ties.
- He chose to disassociate from the committee.
- Separate: To set or keep apart.
- Disconnect: To break the connection between.
- Sever: To put an end to a connection or relationship.
- Disengage: To detach or release from involvement.
- Associate: To connect or link in thought.
- Connect: To bring together or into relationship.
- Combine: To join or merge into a single unit.
- Identify: To consider or treat as the same.
- "To dissociate A from B": The standard grammatical structure for expressing the act of separation.
- The study aims to dissociate genetic factors from environmental influences.
She decided to dissociate herself from the project after the ethical concerns were raised.
- to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
- acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions
- regard as unconnected
- you must dissociate these two events!
- decouple our foreign policy from ideology
- part; cease or break association with
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president