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Dissociation

noun

The act of removing from association.

A state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently. Synonym: disassociation.

(chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions.

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"Dissociation" Quotes from Famous Books

... dissociation of the two religions, many of the Shinto temples still retain traces of the Buddhist influence. Of Shintoism proper the prevailing characteristic is a marked simplicity, which, however, is often found combined with great artistic beauty. Sometimes the shrine consists only of a rude altar, ...

— Religion in Japan • George A. Cobbold, B.A.

... that have been preserved there are some betraying a loftier spirit, a higher level of religious thought, and more pronounced ethical tendencies than others. Indeed, the one important result of the dissociation of the address to the gods from the purely practical magic rites was to produce the conditions favorable to a development of higher religious thought. An offering of praise to the gods, whether it was for victory granted or for a favor shown, called forth the best and purest sentiments of which ...

— The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria • Morris Jastrow

... four bodies of increasing fineness, the elements of which interpenetrate. Proceeding from the most dense, these are: The physical, the astral, the mental, and the causal body. In certain conditions they are capable of dissociation, and they last for a longer or a shorter time. The astral body, also called the body of desire, animal soul (Kamarupa, in Sanskrit) is the seat of sensation. Evolution has in store for us higher bodies stilt—the buddhic body, ...

— Reincarnation - A Study in Human Evolution • Th. Pascal

... disturb them until ten o'clock," he said. "You have now seen in operation one of the grandest results of our occult philosophy, the dissociation of spirit from body. Not only are the spirits of these holy men standing at the present moment by the banks of the Ganges, but those spirits are clothed in a material covering so identical with their real bodies that none of the faithful will ...

— The Mystery of Cloomber • Arthur Conan Doyle

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