dissociative disorder vs mental disorder

mental disorder vs dissociative disorder

dissociative disorder and mental disorder both are nouns.

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

As nouns, mental disorder is a hypernym of dissociative disorder; that is, mental disorder is a word with a broader meaning than dissociative disorder:

dissociative disorder: dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
mental disorder: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Other hypernyms of dissociative disorder include disturbance, folie, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, disassociation, dissociation.

dissociative disorder (noun)	mental disorder (noun)
dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down	(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

dissociative disorder vs mental disorder

dissociative disorder and mental disorder both are nouns.

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