disassociation

Example Sentences

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“There is a little bit of a disassociation between how the company’s doing and how the stock is doing,” he says.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

I suspect Tuason deeply relates to Evy, to the disassociation of living with death every day, and uses her resistance to explore denial.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

"It was my way to protect myself, not victimise myself and give me some disassociation, it was like building a bubble."

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2024

“After Mr. Barbour’s disassociation, we had no further contact with Mr. Barbour on this matter,” she said.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

The doctrine once established remained an inherent part of the Babylonian-Assyrian religion and led to the more or less complete disassociation of the three gods constituting the triad from their original local limitations.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various