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di-SOHSH-ee-ayt/dɪˈsəʊʃieɪt/

To dissociate is to disconnect two things in your mind, or to declare that you have no connection with someone: dissociate copy from the cell, dissociate from a claim. Associate (already in the dictionary) is the opposite; branding adjectives are not an n.

Meaning

To disconnect two things in your mind, or to declare that you have no connection with someone (from associate, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “Dissociate the branding copy from the methods cell; write the n.”
• “Separate is everyday. Detach is the close twin. Branding is comms. A cell is a count. Put the number in; then keep the copy if it still sits on a fact.”

Good to know

Separate; declare no connection. Opposite: associate (already in the dictionary). Branding ≠ a filled n.

Near in meaning

separate, detach, distance

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