Detachment

/dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/

Synonyms for "detachment" (462 found)

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Noun(31 words)
disassociatingdisassociation from groupdisconnected fromdisconnectiondisconnection from schooldisconnectionsdisengagementsdislodgingdismountingdissociatingdissociationdistancesemotion indifferenceemotional distanceemotional emptinessemotional flatteningemotional voidemotionally detachedemotionally distantestrangement
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Verb(4 words)
disembodyingdisengage from policy makingdisengage studentsdisengaging
Adjective(4 words)
distant postureemotional disconnectionhollow feelingitalian apatia

Related words (231)

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maniplemelancholiamental distressmindlessnessmobmodestymovementmoving apartnegligenceneutralitynonchalancenonunionnumbnessobjectivityobsessionoffishnessolympian detachmentorganizationostracismout groupout-groupoutfitoutlawingoutlawrypackparcelpartparticularpartingpartitionpartypassivenesspassivitypathological indecisivenesspeer grouppercentagephalanxphlegmphlegmaticalnessphlegmaticnessplatoonplucklessnesspococurantismportionpossepreoccupationprivacyprivatismprivatizationpsychalgiapsychomotor disturbancepurgequadrantquarantinequarterquotarandom samplerankrecessrecklessnessreclusionregardlessnessregimentreleaseremainderremotenessremovalrepressionreservereservednessresignationresignednessrestraintreticencereticencyretirementretreatriddancerupturerusticationsalonsamplesamplingseclusionsecrecysectionsectorsegmentsegmentationsegregationselflessnessseparatenessseparatingseparationseparatismsequestrationsetseverancesharesingle blessednessslothsluggishnesssolitarinesssolitudesoporsoporifousnessspiritlessnesssplendid isolationsplit upsplit-upspunklessnesssquadsquadronstablestandoffishnessstoliditystringstupefactionstuporsubdivisionsubduednesssubgroupsubspeciessubtractionsupinenesssuppressionsuspensiontactical unittask forceteamtictorpiditytorpidnesstorportraintribetrooptroupetwitchingunaffabilityunanxiousnessunapproachabilityunbiasunbiasednessunconcernuncongenialityundemonstrativenessunexpansivenessuninquisitivenessuninterestednessunitunmindfulnessunopinionatednessunprejudicednessunresponsivenessunselfishnessunsolicitousnesswingwithdrawalwithdrawnnesszoning
Noun(41 words)
lack of kinshipless emotionalmilitary unitmilitary unitsmore distance forcemore ungroundedmore unpluggingmost isolatednaval detachmentneutralitynoncontactnessesnot connectednumbingobjectivitiesobjectivityprice tag removalrearguardrelinquishingremotionremoval
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(5 words)
military detachmentphysical isolationsocial disassociationunconnected patchesunfeeling being
Determiner(3 words)
no energy transferno involvementthe distance

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air detachmentclinical detachmentnaval detachmentprofessional detachmentremovalseverance

Collocations

5 entries
detachment from realityemotional detachmentmilitary detachmentprofessional detachmentsense of detachment

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

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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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