disassociation

Example Sentences

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“There is a little bit of a disassociation between how the company’s doing and how the stock is doing,” he says.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

I suspect Tuason deeply relates to Evy, to the disassociation of living with death every day, and uses her resistance to explore denial.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Diagnosed with anxiety at eight and depression at 14, Melissa says she feels a level of disassociation from her life before.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“After Mr. Barbour’s disassociation, we had no further contact with Mr. Barbour on this matter,” she said.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Perhaps the psychologists of the book will find fault with my way of using the phrase, "disassociation of personality."

From Before Adam by London, Jack