disassociation vs dissociative disorder

disassociation and dissociative disorder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disassociation	Yes	No	No	No
dissociative disorder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dissociative disorder is a hyponym of disassociation; that is, dissociative disorder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disassociation:

disassociation: a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
dissociative disorder: dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down

Other hyponyms of disassociation include compartmentalisation, compartmentalization.

disassociation (noun)	dissociative disorder (noun)
a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently	dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination

disassociation vs dissociative disorder

disassociation and dissociative disorder both are nouns.

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