detachment
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- noun
- /dɪˈtæʧmənt/
- However, parallel to the detachment of the colonies from the motherlands, a refinement and transformation of styles began.
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Watch on YouTubeThe most notable are large floaters that we call a posterior vitreous detachment or a PVD.
- The most notable are large floaters that we call a posterior vitreous detachment or a PVD.
- We have so much detachment from the market in terms of prices and fundamentals.
- And the detachment between fundamentals and technicals is often significant.
- So you have this bag that starts to pull away from the retina itself, and that's the beginnings of a posterior vitreous detachment.
Examples
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I say which you choose depends on what depth of connection or detachment you want to convey.
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By 1938, MacLeish had rejected what he saw as literary modernism's political detachment in favor of public poetry.
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We have so much detachment from the market in terms of prices and fundamentals.
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Unfortunately, some of the same arguments about the detachment of the government from the people are also true in America.
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Above all, we need to work at a kind of detachment from mere prejudices and subject ourselves to the discipline of reason.
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The detachment from the busyness of the mind in meditative practices can produce another level of consciousness.
Academic text (1994) -
From the captain's deck, however, officers continue to regard the approaching squall with curious detachment, unconcerned about its implications for their ship.
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The detachment of the ice from the glacier created large icebergs in the sea.
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Her emotional detachment from the situation made it easier for her to make a rational decision.
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The rescue team established a detachment to search for lost hikers in the woods.
Synonyms
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2.6
The process of moving apart or staying apart
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3.7
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
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2.0
Taking something or someone away from a place
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7.4
Feeling of being alone and separate from other people
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3.6
A separation into parts when something falls apart
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4.2
Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
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7.8
A feeling of no longer being close to someone
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6.0
Becoming quiet and less involved with other people
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Making less emotional or social contact with someone
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The act of stopping a connection or ending involvement with something
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A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
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A mental state where part of a person's memory or feelings feels separate
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The act of separating something from a group or connection
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An ending of a relationship or agreement, often sudden
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A state of being separate from other people
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Ending membership or connection with a group
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An act of leaving a group suddenly to be on your own
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A state of not having strong feelings for people or things
A lack of connection between things or people
Antonyms
Compounds
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The retina pulls away from the back of the eye and causes sudden vision loss that needs urgent treatment
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A serious eye problem when the retina pulls away from the back of the eye, causing sudden vision loss
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Etymology
Detachment comes from the prefix de- 'away' and the same root as attach 'to fasten'. Think of taking something 'off' or unfastening it, so detachment means the act or state of being separated.