disassociation

Example Sentences

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Diagnosed with anxiety at eight and depression at 14, Melissa says she feels a level of disassociation from her life before.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

But Gliser said that claim was “likely inaccurate and untrue” since Webster did not have a long history of trauma that could cause disassociation to that degree.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023

In the NCAA’s decision, it said Ruiz would not be forced to dissociate from the school, but said its Committee on Infractions “will strongly consider disassociation penalties in future cases involving NIL-adjacent conduct.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023

It’s a compelling setup, but Serpell’s delivery is truly innovative: Her shape-shifting approach to character and language captures the disassociation that often attends loss in brand-new ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

I refuse to think and accept things in 'terms' which when it gets to the point of the disassociation of atoms becomes difficult not to do.

From Nelka Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch by Moukhanoff, Michael