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separation

separation

89 2.6
The process of moving apart or staying apart
  • noun
  • /ˌsɛpəˈreɪʃən/
translation icon : separación
  • Why is it that we are so moved by love that ends with separation?
  • separation anxiety
  • separation from family
  • emotional separation

Yes, it's the ego or the sense of separation cannot stand by itself.

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Examples

  • Is it a matter of separation of church and state?

  • In my opinion, hell is simply separation from God.

  • Oh yeah, there is no time separation at all between these two points.

  • It's not as if they were engaged to be married and the separation would upset their whole world.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Corporations are marked by a separation of ownership and control.

  • In short, the rule of law that flows from the separation of powers has preserved our freedom.

    Academic text (2008)
  • A lot of theologians have framed hell in terms of separation from God.

  • In the picture, she processes the emotions surrounding her separation and marital crisis.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The separation between the two countries has led to significant political tension.

  • After their argument, they needed some separation to think clearly.

Synonyms

isolation
vsseparation
172 3.7

A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally

is narrower, focusing on solitude or being cut off rather than broad moving apart
breakup
vsseparation
39 3.6

A separation into parts when something falls apart

is the general moving apart or state, not necessarily involving collapse
disconnection
vsseparation
9 4.2

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

is the broader act or state of moving apart rather than just contact loss
breaking away
vsseparation
5 5.0

An act of leaving a group suddenly to be on your own

is the general act or state of moving apart, not limited to sudden departures
detachment
vsseparation
4 6.1

The act of separating something from the thing it is connected to

is the general process or state of moving apart, not specifically deliberate
separateness
vsseparation
2 6.6

A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life

is mainly the state of being apart, whereas the key also includes the active process
apartness
vsseparation
1 6.7

A state of being separate from other people

focuses on social or emotional isolation, while the key covers all moving apart
splitting
vsseparation
3.4

The act of dividing something into parts or groups

is the broader idea of moving apart or a resulting state, not only division
disparation
vsseparation
9.9

A difference between people, groups, or places

emphasizes difference or distinctness rather than movement or loss of contact
dividedness
vsseparation
7.5

A situation where groups are split and do not work together

stresses internal disagreement or lack of unity rather than simple movement apart

Antonyms

157 2.7

A joining of people or things to form one

connection
  • Specialized
60 3.3

A part that joins parts so power, signals, or water can pass

47 4.0

Putting two or more parts together so they work as one

Compounds

1 4.9

An official decision by a court or agreement that lets a married couple live apart while still married

grade separation
  • Specialized
1 6.1

A place where a road and a railway cross at different levels using a bridge or tunnel

A court order that lets married people live apart but stay married

separation energy
  • Specialized
8.8

The amount of energy needed to remove a particle, for example an electron or neutron, from an atom

How Separated

breakup
39 3.6
division
107 2.9
separation
89 2.6
parting
30 3.2

Surface Forms

separation singular
separations plural

Morphology

separation = separate (transparent) = separate + ion

A direct nominalization of the verb 'separate' describing the process or act of dividing or moving apart.

Etymology

Separation comes from Latin separare ('to put apart') and is related to the English word separate. So separation means the act or process of moving or becoming apart.