dissociative disorder
dissociative disorder n. any one of a group of mental disorders explained psychoanalytically as extreme defence mechanisms. Symptoms include amnesia, fugue, the assumption of a new identity, and trancelike states with severely reduced response to external stimuli. See also dissociation.
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