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Recent Examples of dissociation
Freeze or dissociation responses are just as real as panic.
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Kriti Gupta, Refinery29, 17 Dec. 2025
In this moment, left-wingers increasingly seem to have realized that the answer to modern trolls surfing debate formats to virality isn’t dissociation and containment but to get in the ring and fight back.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
It's considered a mild form of dissociation, which is a disconnect between the present moment and your thoughts, feelings, memories, and actions.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Natural cannabis users showed elevated dissociation with some improvement.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Kriti Gupta, Refinery29, 17 Dec. 2025
In this moment, left-wingers increasingly seem to have realized that the answer to modern trolls surfing debate formats to virality isn’t dissociation and containment but to get in the ring and fight back.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
It's considered a mild form of dissociation, which is a disconnect between the present moment and your thoughts, feelings, memories, and actions.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Natural cannabis users showed elevated dissociation with some improvement.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissociation
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On Heavenly’s last record, released in 1996, their daydreamy idealism had become more vulgar and concrete, and the instrumental backing had adopted a Britpop punchiness to match; however, the album was released just after drummer Mathew Fletcher’s death, leading to Heavenly’s abrupt dissolution.—
Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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Organizations can scale teams up or down by country without the administrative burden associated with entity setup, dissolution, or local compliance management.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
Sacbee.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Is there a path for states to keep pushing for a Live Nation breakup?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Royal breakup Netflix wished Meghan Markle all the best with her lifestyle brand after the streaming giant and the Duchess of Sussex decided to end their partnership.—
Tricia Escobedo,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
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The vision, centered on spreading the gospel to others, comes at a moment when church apathy and disaffiliation is on the rise across the nation, Martin said.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Dissociation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociation. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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