Synonyms for Detachment

Synonyms for "detachment" (462 found)

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Closest matches (93)

Noun(18 words)

disengagement separation abscissionacademic objectivityalienatingalienation from peersalienness aloofness amputationapathy toward traditionautotomy avulsionbe objectivebreakupcable disconnectiondesorption detachments disaffection

abstraction abulia accidia acedia adjunctage groupalienation aloneness aloofness anxietyanxiety equivalentanxiety stateapartheid apartness apathy armyarmy groupataraxia ataraxy backwardness

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band bashfulness battalion batterybattle groupbenumbedness bevy blah blahs blankness body boredom breakup brigade bunch cabal cadre carelessness cast casualnesscatatonic stuporcelibacy chill chilliness clearance clique cohort coldness column comatosenesscombat commandcombat teamcompany complement component compulsion constraint contingent coolness corps coterie covey crewcross sectioncrowd deactivation dejection demobilization deportation depression detaching detail diaspora disarticulation

Verb(1 words)

desensitized

Strong matches (138)

Noun(31 words)

disassociatingdisassociation from groupdisconnected fromdisconnectiondisconnection from schooldisconnections disengagements dislodging dismounting dissociating dissociation distancesemotion indifferenceemotional distanceemotional emptinessemotional flatteningemotional voidemotionally detachedemotionally distantestrangement

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estranging extricationfrench apathiefrigidness garrisons group insularism insularity insulation intellectualism isolations

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Verb(4 words)

disembodyingdisengage from policy makingdisengage studentsdisengaging

Adjective(4 words)

distant postureemotional disconnectionhollow feelingitalian apatia

Related words (231)

justnesskeeping apartkitchen policekplack of affectlack of appetitelack of interestlackadaisicalness languidness legion lethargicalness lethargy liquidation listlessness loftiness loneliness loneness lonesomeness luxation mania

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maniple melancholiamental distressmindlessness mob modesty movementmoving apartnegligence neutrality nonchalance nonunion numbness objectivity obsession offishnessolympian detachmentorganization ostracismout groupout-group outfit outlawing outlawry pack parcel part particular parting partition party passiveness passivitypathological indecisivenesspeer grouppercentage phalanx phlegm phlegmaticalness phlegmaticness platoon plucklessness pococurantism portion posse preoccupation privacy privatism privatization psychalgiapsychomotor disturbancepurge quadrant quarantine quarter quotarandom samplerank recess recklessness reclusion regardlessness regiment release remainder remoteness removal repression reserve reservedness resignation resignedness restraint reticence reticency retirement retreat riddance rupture rustication salon sample sampling seclusion secrecy section sector segment segmentation segregation selflessness separateness separating separation separatism sequestration set severance sharesingle blessednesssloth sluggishness solitariness solitude sopor soporifousness spiritlessnesssplendid isolationsplit upsplit-up spunklessness squad squadron stable standoffishness stolidity string stupefaction stupor subdivision subduedness subgroup subspecies subtraction supineness suppression suspensiontactical unittask forceteam tic torpidity torpidness torpor train tribe troop troupe twitching unaffability unanxiousness unapproachability unbias unbiasedness unconcern uncongeniality undemonstrativeness unexpansiveness uninquisitiveness uninterestedness unit unmindfulness unopinionatedness unprejudicedness unresponsiveness unselfishness unsolicitousness wing withdrawal withdrawnness zoning

Noun(41 words)

lack of kinshipless emotionalmilitary unitmilitary unitsmore distance forcemore ungroundedmore unpluggingmost isolatednaval detachmentneutrality noncontactnessesnot connectednumbing objectivities objectivityprice tag removalrearguard relinquishing remotion removal

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renouncingschool alienationsentries severance severingsquad edtroop unbinding uncoupling unemotionality ungroundedness ungrounding unhinging unhitching unhooking unit unpairing unpluggingunrelated tounrelated to icelandwithdrawal

Verb(1 words)

losmaken

Adjective(5 words)

military detachmentphysical isolationsocial disassociationunconnected patchesunfeeling being

Determiner(3 words)

no energy transferno involvementthe distance

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries

alterationarmy unitchange condition dispositionemotional stateindifference isolationmilitary unitmodificationorganizational unitprocess separation state

More specific

6 entries

air detachmentclinical detachmentnaval detachmentprofessional detachmentremoval severance

Collocations

5 entries

detachment from realityemotional detachmentmilitary detachmentprofessional detachmentsense of detachment

Inflections

1 entries

detachments

Derivations

3 entries

detach detached detaching

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I had retinal detachment five years ago.

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Detachment provides perspective, which in turn permits a certain amount of pattern recognition.

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Magnanimity is a great treasure; harmonious affinity with others is wonderful, Detachment from name and gain averts trouble; happiness makes older people feel young.

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Does detachment from the world really prevent suffering?

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