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disconnection

[dis-kuh-nek-shuhn] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛk ʃən /
NOUN
separation
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Bethany Brand, a clinical psychologist and professor emerita at Towson University who specializes in trauma and dissociative disorders, describes dissociation as “a kind of disconnection from yourself or your experience.”

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

But disconnection does not have to be permanent.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

The World Health Organization describes social disconnection as a global health challenge, affecting roughly 1 in 6 people worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

It is being led by the Independent Commission on Community and Cohesion, which describes itself as a non-partisan initiative responding to the "converging crises of social disconnection and division".

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

We learned various warning signals of youthful disconnection and disturbances.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Rich Morgan said the cycle network had improved since he began living in the city, but said: "There are definite gaps, disconnections, and cycleways ending."

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025

SKY saw about 232,000 disconnections with a 13.8% dip in revenue.

From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023

This model was designed with the same priorities as the previous models, with the added ingredient of design constraints, and prioritizing physically viable frames, for instance, with no disconnections or overlapping bars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023

With “Love Life,” the Japanese filmmaker is still focused on unspoken disconnections that only a shock to the system can expose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

Tako stood before us; he reached to the operating mechanisms under the dial-face at our belts, making some disconnections which we did not understand.

From The White Invaders by Ray Cummings




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