abspalten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dissociate verb In psychology, to become mentally detached from your thoughts, feelings, body or surroundings, so that experience feels unreal or distant. It often happens under stress or trauma.
- secede verb To formally withdraw from a country, federation, alliance or other organisation, ending membership of it.
Senses
abspalten is used for these senses in English:
- dissociate (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo dissociation.
dissociate — full definition
- verb In psychology, to become mentally detached from your thoughts, feelings, body or surroundings, so that experience feels unreal or distant. It often happens under stress or trauma.
- verb To separate yourself from a person, group or idea, especially publicly, so as not to be associated with them.
- verb In chemistry, to split into smaller particles such as ions, atoms or simpler molecules, often reversibly.