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Antonyms for dissociate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-soh-shee-eyt, -see-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-

Definition of dissociate

Origin :
  • 1610s (implied in dissociated), from Latin dissociatus, past participle of dissociare "to separate from companionship, disunite, set at variance," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + sociare "to join," from socius "companion" (see social (adj.)). Attested from 1540s as a past participle adjective meaning "separated."
  • verb part company with; separate
Example sentences :
  • That is, theoretically we may ascribe them to God, but practically we dissociate Him from them.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • You have just seen me untie the knot, dissociate the electrons, or what you will.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • In a word, animals can invent according to the extent that they can dissociate.
  • Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot
  • From that lack of confidence he would like at once to dissociate himself.
  • Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy
  • It is true, he has renounced that folly; but it is not so easy to dissociate him from the recollection.
  • Extract from : « Gryll Grange » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • He does not yet know enough about the matter to dissociate the player from the part.
  • Extract from : « The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 » by Various
  • And I remember I tried consciously to dissociate them from my own grief.
  • Extract from : « The Angel of Pain » by E. F. Benson
  • Unfortunately we cannot dissociate the Editor of the Bengalee from the paper.
  • Extract from : « India for Indians » by C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das
  • But if they do they will split apart later on; that is, they will “dissociate” as we should say.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son » by John Mills
  • It is hard to dissociate oneself from the fine things to which one aspires.
  • Extract from : « The Passionate Friends » by Herbert George Wells

Synonyms for dissociate

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