dissociation

dissociation
[dɪˌsəʊʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n, -sɪ-]
noun
  1. [mass noun]the disconnection or separation of something from something else or the state of being disconnected
    断开；分离
    the dissociation between the executive and the judiciary is the legacy of the Act of Settlement.
    行政和司法的分离是嗣位法的遗产。
    ■(Chemistry)the splitting of a molecule into smaller molecules, atoms, or ions, especially by a reversible process
    (化)离解
    ■(Psychiatry)separation of normally related mental processes, resulting in one group functioning independently from the rest, leading in extreme cases to disorders such as multiple personality
    (精神病学)分裂，解体
    [count noun]the dissociations that one can observe in neuropsychological patients.
    在神经精神病人身上可以观察到的分裂症。
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin dissociatio(n-), from the verb dissociare (see dissociate)
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