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disassociate en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /dɪsəˈsəʊʃieɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English associate English disassociate From dis- + associate.

Meanings

1. To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation.
   • Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a group that promotes conservatism on college campuses, has kicked one of its prominent speakers, Michelle Malkin, to the curb. […] YAF did exactly the right thing by disassociating itself from Malkin for coming to Fuentes’ defense. 2019 November 20, Dexter Van Zile, “Right-Wing Holocaust Denial — in America”, in The Algemeiner, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2020:
   • If the whole membership disassociates, the result will be disestablishment.
   • After the scandal, the political party disassociated itself from the questionable candidate.
2. (of a whole or of its parts, transitive) To separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis.
   • The problem is easier to understand if you disassociate the variables.
3. (intransitive, of linked components) To separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve.
   • The fibers of this nonwoven textile disassociated when I tried to wash it.
4. (alt-of, alternative, proscribed) Alternative form of dissociate.
   alt of dissociate

Forms

Antonyms

associate

Coordinates

disestablish · granularize

Deriveds

disassociator · disassociation

Relateds

dissociate · unaffiliated · dissolution · unassociated · dissociation

Translations (2)

es desasociarse (reflexive) · es desasociar (transitive)