If you disassociate one group or thing from another, you separate them. an attempt by the president to disassociate the military from politics. another spelling of dissociate
If you disassociate yourself from something or someone, you say or show that you are not connected with them, usually in order to avoid trouble or blame. I wish to disassociate myself from this very sad decision = distance associate
If you dissociate yourself from something or someone, you say or show that you are not connected with them, usually in order to avoid trouble or blame. It is getting harder for the president to dissociate himself from the scandal
-To separate all or part of one's consciousness from connection to the external environment; in DID the act of splitting one's mind into separate identities
If you dissociate one thing from another, you consider the two things as separate from each other, or you separate them. Almost the first lesson they learn is how to dissociate emotion from reason. = divorce + dissociation dis·so·cia·tion The war between the sexes should not result in their complete dissociation from one another