dissociative

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   tending to produce dissociation

   Similardivisible

Questions about dissociative

What does dissociative mean?

dissociative means "tending to produce dissociation".

How many syllables are in dissociative?

dissociative has 5 syllables and divides as dis-so-ci-a-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is dissociative a common word?

dissociative is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.