disassociate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-bor.

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Latin dis-bor.

Middle English dis-

English dis-

English associate

English disassociate

From dis- + associate.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈsəʊʃieɪt/ or /dɪsəˈsəʊsieɪt/

Verb

disassociate (third-person singular simple present disassociates, present participle disassociating, simple past and past participle disassociated)

To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation.
Coordinate term: disestablish

After the scandal, the political party disassociated itself from the questionable candidate.

If the whole membership disassociates, the result will be disestablishment.
- 2019 November 20, Dexter Van Zile, “Right-Wing Holocaust Denial — in America”, in The Algemeiner‎^[1]:
  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.
(transitive, of a whole or of its parts) To separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis.
Hyponyms: (n = 2) decouple, uncouple, unpair

Coordinate term: granularize

The problem is easier to understand if you disassociate the variables.
(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.
(proscribed) Alternative form of dissociate.

Antonyms

associate

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