dissociation

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Recent Examples of dissociation This had precipitated a frightening period of paralysis and dissociation, during which Murata fluctuated between suicidal and homicidal thoughts. Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 They also were tested for more cognitive motor dissociation. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025 Unbearable tragedy lurks in these pages: rape, addiction, dissociation, generational memory of the pogroms and of the Holocaust, all chopped to pieces and stuffed between winningly insane layers of syntactical bizzaria and presentational devices galore. Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025 This had precipitated a frightening period of paralysis and dissociation, during which Murata fluctuated between suicidal and homicidal thoughts. Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dissociation
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Noun
  • The breakthrough is the fruit of incredible recent performance in all age groups for the nation of 36 million people, which became independent in 1991 after the dissolution of the USSR.
    Hassan Tayir, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
  • Why, then, engage language at all? Lijn explained her simultaneous recruitment and dissolution of language as a way to cope with her growing sense that words had become tired and lost any vital force.
    Marina Isgro, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • While rumors of their breakup continued to circulate online at the time, fans noticed a small detail missing from Sweeney’s Instagram account.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
  • Again and again, West apologized to Ciara Miller for talking mess to the New York Times, handling their breakup poorly, and then clamming up all summer.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 May 2025

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“Dissociation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociation. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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