dissoziieren — 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.
Senses
dissoziieren is used for these senses in English:
- dissociate (chemistry, transitive) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
- 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.
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