detachment
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6.1
- noun
- /dɪˈtæʧmənt/
- This is now the beginning of the detachment from her emotions and from her intuition.
- feeling of detachment
- emotional detachment
- scientific detachment
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Watch on YouTubeIt'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
176
3.7
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
40
5.4
A feeling of not being close to someone
30
7.4
Feeling of being alone and separate from other people
8
4.2
Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
8
7.8
A feeling of no longer being close to someone
6
6.0
Becoming quiet and less involved with other people
4
6.5
The act of stopping a connection or ending involvement with something
3
7.2
A feeling of being distant from other people and not friendly
2
9.4
Being separate from other places and having a narrow view of the world
2
4.9
A separation from outside influence or contact
1
7.4
A feeling of being separate from other people and the world
1
6.7
A state of being separate from other people
1
5.5
Not taking part in or connected with something
1
8.4
A state of not having strong feelings for people or things
1
6.6
Not taking part or caring about something
1
9.8
Not taking part in something like a group or activity
1
7.4
Not being connected with people or groups
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
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.9
The retina pulls away from the back of the eye and causes sudden vision loss that needs urgent treatment
- Specialized
1
6.0
A serious eye problem when the retina pulls away from the back of the eye, causing sudden vision loss
How Detached
96
3.9
393
2.9
24
4.4
23
6.1
66
4.6
3
7.2
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.