disassociate

When people change theirs, it can be a sign that they want to disconnect and disassociate from it, he adds.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

"That's often the issue – life can be too much, by scrolling on their phone they can disassociate from the real world."

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

In trying to disassociate herself from the scandal, Melania’s lack of acknowledgment of her husband’s ties to Epstein stands out as a confusing, but increasingly familiar, bit of cognitive dissonance.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

In their moments of agony, they disassociate from their own bodies and, arguably, never fully return.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

The boys from the neighboring room flinched and took a quick step backward, trying to disassociate themselves.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

"The production disassociates you with much of the feeling and heft of live performance."

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

Notably, reformist President Mohammad Khatami’s foreign minister in 1998 said that the “government disassociates itself from any reward which has been offered in this regard and does not support it.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022

If there’s a central theme to the collection, it’s that illness disassociates us from ourselves, even if we survive it.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021

He added, “On a general level, Cryos disassociates itself from any form of serial sperm donation due to the importance of not exceeding national pregnancy quotas” in each country to which they send sperm.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2021

Such a temper as this naturally disassociates them from reality and makes them contemptuous of contradictory experiences.

From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Gaius Glenn Atkins

"It has truly disassociated us from the impact of our words."

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

Having one long conversation with a good friend almost certainly grounds you deeper into your humanity than a mile-a-minute drivebys of disassociated, ping-ponging emotions from strangers.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

“But sometimes I feel disassociated from the extreme left.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024

Museums such as the Louvre, the Tate museums, and the National Portrait Gallery in London have also disassociated themselves from the Sackler family.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 6, 2024

And then, as if Mr. Muhammad’s voice came from afar, I heard his words: “I’ll have to silence you for the next ninety days—so that the Muslims everywhere can be disassociated from the blunder.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Delevingne has previously spoken about struggling with depression and how she became "very good at disassociating from emotion completely".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

“I would say that just because you're disassociating from politics doesn't mean it is disassociating from you. And at the end of the day, politics do matter.”

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2024

She was regularly disassociating, she said, looking down at her hands and wondering whose they were.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

They can wield their power by disassociating with objectionable partners.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022

Finally, he began to prepare the moderate Whigs for peace by presenting the economic considerations and disassociating Marlborough from the Queen's and the ministry's "business of peace."

From A Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborogh by Daniel Defoe