detachment
- noun
- /dɪˈtæʧmənt/
- However, parallel to the detachment of the colonies from the motherlands, a refinement and transformation of styles began.
The 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.
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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
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
Taking something or someone away from a place
The process of moving apart or staying apart
A separation into parts when something falls apart
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
An act of leaving a group suddenly to be on your own
A mental state where part of a person's memory or feelings feels separate
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
The act of stopping a connection or ending involvement with something
Making less emotional or social contact with someone
A state of being separate from other people
The act of separating something from a group or connection
Ending membership or connection with a group
A lack of connection between things or people
An ending of a relationship or agreement, often sudden
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
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Morphology
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.