DISAFFILIATION Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

disaffiliation

noun

Definition of disaffiliation

as in dissociation

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Recent Examples of disaffiliation Nearly 60% percent of participating members later confirmed our decision in a vote about disaffiliation. — Chris Ferguson, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026 As assimilation and disaffiliation have transformed the community, more observant populations have taken on a larger role. — Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026 The vision, centered on spreading the gospel to others, comes at a moment when church apathy and disaffiliation is on the rise across the nation, Martin said. — Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Yet the album begins not with catharsis but with dissociation.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
These include anxiety, emotional distress, resurfacing of painful memories and dissociation – feeling detached from oneself or one’s surroundings.

— Ronald S. Green, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

Definition of dissociation

Noun

Tymon Brown, the Gravel Institute’s head of production, said that the nonprofit’s dissolution was never explained to him or the rest of the organization.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
In the following centuries, Norway didn't have a king of its own until Harald's grandfather, Haakon VII, was elected king following the 1905 dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of dissolution

Noun

Then there are the affair-and-breakup songs, tunes where someone is searching for something better, like young musicians heading west to get famous.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
But a drumbeat of doubt began in Elwood’s head in 2010 on a tour of Sarajevo, where Bosnian-Serb forces had committed atrocities during the war that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

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