dissociation

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Recent Examples of dissociation These people are identified as having cognitive motor dissociation, a type of covert consciousness. Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025 Read More: The Lingering Shadow of India’s Painful Partition Despite Turkish objections, in 2015, the Obama Administration partnered with the Syrian Kurdish militias, armed them, and instructed them to rebrand themselves as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to convey dissociation from the PKK. Ragip Soylu, Time, 18 July 2025 What began as dissociation, a kind of trauma response, would become a program for art and life. Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 Various factors can influence dissociation, such as social and mainstream media and generational iniquities inherited from observing household relationships between family members. Maisha Standifer, Essence, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dissociation
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Noun
  • Wright notified the researchers of the dissolution a day later.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Johnson, a two-time Pro Bowler, went to the locker room after a diving pass breakup in the second quarter.
    Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Fans think Nina Dobrev and Shaun White’s abrupt breakup makes a whole lot more sense after watching the actor’s latest TikTok video.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Dissociation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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