detachment
- noun
- /dɪˈtæʧmənt/
- This is now the beginning of the detachment from her emotions and from her intuition.
- feeling of detachment
- emotional detachment
- scientific detachment
It's implying that there's a kind of detachment there as well.
- It's implying that there's a kind of detachment there as well.
- That's not an attitude of, you might say detachment and letting things be.
- A real detachment, not an abstraction.
- There's a beautiful Islamic proverb that says detachment doesn't mean that you own nothing.
- I feel later because of the, the, the detachment, like it's all water off your back now.
- Can you find that detachment within you?
- Schizophrenics are challenging because of the the detachment from reality.
- The second thing for you to do to guarantee emotional detachment is to not fight how you feel.
Examples
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Second, it has the potential to increase psychological detachment from the organization.
Academic text (1993) -
Lydia kissed him back, but it was with a curious detachment, almost analytical.
Fiction book (1990) -
Yeah, I think you said specifically detachment from relationships.
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You need to learn the fine art of detachment, Lieutenant.
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And I, I just felt this showed a detachment from reality that was stunning to me.
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I cannot maintain a proper attitude of detachment.
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We can begin to experience or perceive or the world with more detachment, which is quite a healthy thing actually.
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Sometimes, however, you're operating at a level of detachment from emotion that most people are not.
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Behind his show of detachment, O'Connor probes that he cared too much, or too little.
Fiction book (2001) -
His emotional detachment during the crisis made it difficult for others to rely on him.
Synonyms
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
A feeling of not being close to someone
Feeling of being alone and separate from other people
Becoming quiet and less involved with other people
Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
A feeling of no longer being close to someone
A separation from outside influence or contact
A feeling of being distant from other people and not friendly
Being separate from other places and having a narrow view of the world
A feeling of being separate from other people and the world
The act of stopping a connection or ending involvement with something
A state of being separate from other people
Not taking part in or connected with something
A state of having no close emotional ties to other people
A habit of staying quiet and keeping away from other people
A way of thinking that keeps a country apart and closed to outside ideas
A lack of connection between things or people
Not taking part or caring about something
Not taking part in something like a group or activity
Not being connected with people or groups
A state of not having strong feelings for people or things
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The retina pulls away from the back of the eye and causes sudden vision loss that needs urgent treatment
- Specialized
A serious eye problem when the retina pulls away from the back of the eye, causing sudden vision loss
How Detached
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Detachment comes from the prefix de- meaning 'away' and the same root as attach meaning 'to join'. So detachment is like being 'unjoined' or kept 'away' from a situation, which explains emotional distance.