- 1(also disassociate) dissociate yourself/somebody from somebody/something to say or do something to show that you are not connected with or do not support somebody/something; to make it clear that something is not connected with a particular plan, action, etc. He tried to dissociate himself from the party's more extreme views. They were determined to dissociate the UN from any agreement to impose sanctions.
- 2dissociate somebody/something (from something) (formal) to think of two people or things as separate and not connected with each other She tried to dissociate the two events in her mind. opposite associate Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin dissociat- ‘separated’, from the verb dissociare, from dis- (expressing reversal) + sociare ‘join together’ (from socius ‘companion’).
dissociate
verbBrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊʃieɪt//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊʃieɪt//; BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊsieɪt//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊsieɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dissociate BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊʃieɪt//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊʃieɪt//; BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊsieɪt//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊsieɪt//
he / she / it dissociates BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊʃieɪts//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊʃieɪts//; BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊsieɪts//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊsieɪts//
past simple dissociated BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊʃieɪtɪd//; BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊsieɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊsieɪtɪd//
past participle dissociated BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊʃieɪtɪd//; BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊsieɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊsieɪtɪd//
-ing form dissociating BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊʃieɪtɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊʃieɪtɪŋ//; BrE BrE//dɪˈsəʊsieɪtɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//dɪˈsoʊsieɪtɪŋ//
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