- 1(also disassociate) dissociate yourself/somebody from somebody/something to say or do something to show that you are not connected with or do not support someone or something; to make it clear that something is not connected with a particular plan, action, etc. He tried to dissociate himself from the party's more extreme views. They were determined to dissociate the UN from any agreement to impose sanctions.
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- 2dissociate somebody/something (from something) (formal) to think of two people or things as separate and not connected with each other She tried to dissociate the two events in her mind. opposite associate
dissociate
verbNAmE//dɪˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt//, NAmE//dɪˈsoʊsiˌeɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dissociate ,
he / she / it dissociates ,
past simple dissociated ,
-ing form dissociating ,
NAmE//dɪˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃn//, NAmE//dɪˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] the dissociation of political and moral ideasSee dissociate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: dissociate