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Recent Examples of dissociation
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.
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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
Compartmentalization and dissociation, in other words.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
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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
Compartmentalization and dissociation, in other words.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissociation
Noun
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Intertextuality is described by Scarlett Barton in perhaps the opposite way, as linked to Roland Barthes’ observation that the author is dead, and that the text is the dissolution of every kind of voice, every beginning and core.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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In 2023, the Move Forward Party campaigned on curbing royal powers, though efforts to reform Thailand’s draconian royal defamation law, known as lèse-majesté or Article 112, were deemed unconstitutional and led to the party’s dissolution by the Constitutional Court.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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Bad Bunny keeps his personal life pretty private, and he hasn't been confirmed to be dating anyone since his breakup with Kendall Jenner in 2024.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
9 Feb. 2026
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Most of the time, breakups are supposed to be clean-cut endings—no second thoughts, no leftover feelings, and generally, no contact.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Dissociation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociation. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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