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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective not connected or associated.
  • adjective (Chem.) diffusing independently in a fluid; -- said of ions or molecules which may form relatively stable associated structures. Opposite of associated.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of dissociate.

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Examples

  • When two powers agree to settle a dispute legally by arbitration, it is preferable that they should not first have to discuss details of the organization of the tribunal or of procedure. such discussion can easily become a source of friction which, although completely dissociated from the dispute itself, makes settlement of the dispute that much more difficult.

    Louis Renault - Nobel Lecture 1907

  • So grows and has grown the Canadian boy in his colonial status, dissociated from the history of the world, cut off from the larger patriotism, colourless in his ideas.

    Education and Empire Unity 1907

  • Her feelings in writing were dissociated from the idea of gain; and she would neither personally interfere to secure what she

    Memoirs, Correspondence and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor 1832

  • They should have dissociated from the US a long time ago as it was evident as long as a decade ago that the US’s economic situation was not a viable one.

    30 « September « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • They should have dissociated from the US a long time ago as it was evident as long as a decade ago that the US’s economic situation was not a viable one.

    September « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • They should have dissociated from the US a long time ago as it was evident as long as a decade ago that the US’s economic situation was not a viable one.

    i have been saying this for 2 years now 2008

  • "I think it's the exception rather than the rule that offline and online identities are 'dissociated' from each other," Mr. Suler went on.

    The Deep Meaning of the Facebook Vanity URL 2009

  • "I think it's the exception rather than the rule that offline and online identities are 'dissociated' from each other," Mr. Suler went on.

    The Deep Meaning of the Facebook Vanity URL 2009

  • This may seem trivial compared with the high drama of 'saving the world'; but if this analysis is correct, our underlying problem is being 'dissociated', and we ought to be asking constantly how we restore a sense of association with the material place and time and climate we inhabit and are part of.

    Act local as well as national urges Archbishop 2009

  • "I think it's the exception rather than the rule that offline and online identities are 'dissociated' from each other," Mr. Suler went on.

    The Deep Meaning of the Facebook Vanity URL 2009

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