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detachment

/dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/noun3 syllables

Detachment means: the state of being isolated or detached.

Synonyms for detachment7

noun, as in the state of being isolated or detached

insulation, insularity, insularism

noun, as in coming apart

separation, breakup

noun, as in avoiding emotional involvement

withdrawal

noun, as in the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

disengagement

What does detachment mean?5

noun

1

the state of being isolated or detached“the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel”

2

coming apart

3

avoiding emotional involvement

4

the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

5

a small unit of troops of special composition

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with detachment?2

two syllables

catchment

three syllables

attachment
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Detachment in a sentence

  • Detachment provides perspective, which in turn permits a certain amount of pattern recognition.unknown
  • Chigurh, a professional assassin, operates with a sense of calculated detachment.Amastan
  • Does detachment from the world really prevent suffering?AlanF_US
  • I was impressed by his general detachment from others.Nuel
  • My brothers have always shown emotional detachment toward me.Nuel
  • The virtual world can lead to feelings of loneliness and detachment from authentic emotions.Nuel
  • I had retinal detachment five years ago.unknown

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Forms of detachment

as a noun

plural
detachments