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disassociations

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  • noun Plural form of disassociation.

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Examples

  • But today his disassociations extend to the truth itself with a ridiculous aggrandisement of back bencher remarks.

    Dale and Tory Home: Hoodwinking on "Press Release"? 2008

  • The disassociations in this thread between one post and another are enough to make one dizzy.

    Think Progress » Dole Stumped When Asked To Name Anyone Who Believes ‘The Terrorists Can Be Appeased’ 2006

  • In its place are serial disassociations, so that the true believer can read a mandate on one page of the bible, hold it to be literally true, turn to another page, read a completely opposite mandate and hold that to be equally true.

    Think Progress » Wag the Debate 2005

  • Hope I can stay, before the disassociations, rip me away.

    [Help] Most Recent Posts chunkymove 2010

  • In adults serious grief may be come an illness with disassociations, flash backs and feelings of anxiety that can be seriously debilitating in adults.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • [35] By using the word fragile in this context we mean to suggest that in loading conditions expected in most physiological circumstances, fluctuations in physical forces that are associated with routine cyclic organ stretch will induce within the stress bearing cytoskeletal lattice force-dependent molecular disassociations

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ramaswamy Krishnan et al. 2009

  • Pelvic disassociations are part of the body’s defense mechanism.

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

  • Me, I figure it’s pretty clear you’ve been educated beyond your intelligence, which doubtless produces other disassociations in yer lives. theAmericanist says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Head of State 2010

  • Pelvic disassociations are part of the body’s defense mechanism.

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

  • Though the film begins as an unlikely companion to Mr. Aronofsky ' s " The Wrestler, " with an almost documentary-like emphasis on cracking toes and painful physical routines, it shifts toward a tone that is increasingly surreal — more akin to the psychic disassociations of the director ' s earliest films, " Pi " and " Requiem for a Dream.

    ' Steve Dollar 2010

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