Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dissociative_disorder

1 sense of dissociative disorder

Sense 1
dissociative disorder -- (dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down)
       => dissociation, disassociation -- (a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently)
       => mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie -- ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)