Definition of "splitting"

splitting

noun
plural splittings
1. An instance where something splits.
2. (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
  Quotations
  In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’.
  2007, Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche, Penguin, published 2008, page 308
3. (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.
adjective
comparative more splitting, superlative most splitting
1. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
2. Very rapid.
3. Severely painful.
verb
1. present participle and gerund of split