dissociable

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Their findings argue that liking something and wanting something are actually dissociable in the brain - that they rely on the activity of different neurons, so you can have one without the other.

From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2011

But at least we must recognize that St. Paul asserts both sides of the picture: and that the 'terror' and the hope are not dissociable.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

Dorking was a dapper little man, almost dissociable from gloves and a chimneypot.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

They came in two by two, though matched in the most dissociable manner, and mingled together in a kind of dance. 

From Essays and Tales by Morley, Henry

They came in two by two, though match'd in the most dissociable Manner, and mingled together in a kind of Dance.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph