dissociative identity disorder

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dissociative identity disorder

  • /dɪˈsəʊʃi.ətɪv aɪˈdɛntɪti dɪsˈɔːdə/ UK
  • /dɪˈsoʊʃi.ətɪv aɪˈdɛntɪti dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/ US

noun dissociative identity disorders

  1. countable, uncountable A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more personality states or distinct identities that repeatedly take control of a person's behavior.

    Similar: multiple personality disorder

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noun mental disorder characterized by personality states

Españoltrastorno de identidad disociativo
한국어해리성 정체성 장애 haeriseong jeongcheseong jang'ae, 다중인격 dajung'in'gyeok, 이중인격 ijung'in'gyeok
日本語解離性同一性障害 kairisei dōitsusei shōgai, 多重人格 tajū jinkaku, 二重人格 nijū jinkaku
中文解離性人格疾患 /解离性人格疾患 jiělíxìng réngé jíhuàn, 多重人格 duōchóng réngé, 人格分裂 réngé fēnliè, 分離性身份識別障礙 /分离性身份识别障碍 fēnlíxìng shēnfèn shìbié zhàng'ài
Portuguêstranstorno dissociativo de identidade
Françaistrouble dissociatif de l'identité
Deutschdissoziative Identitätsstörung
Italianodisturbo dissociativo dell'identità
Русскиймно́жественная ли́чность mnóžestvennaja líčnostʹ
Tiếng Việtrối loạn đa nhân cách, rối loạn nhân dạng phân ly

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@misc{dissociative_identity_disorder_2026,
  title = {dissociative identity disorder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dissociative%20identity%20disorder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}