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Synonyms for detachment
dɪˈtætʃ məntde·tach·ment

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  1. withdrawal, detachmentnoun

    avoiding emotional involvement

    Synonyms:
    separation, insularity, drug withdrawal, onanism, insulation, backdown, climb-down, insularism, coitus interruptus, disengagement, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, secession, breakup

  2. detachment, disengagementnoun

    the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

    Synonyms:
    separation, fallback, pullout, insulation, insularism, disengagement, withdrawal, insularity, breakup

  3. insulation, insularity, insularism, detachmentnoun

    the state of being isolated or detached

    "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

    Synonyms:
    separation, insulation, insulating material, disengagement, insularism, insulant, withdrawal, insularity, breakup

  4. detachmentnoun

    a small unit of troops of special composition

    Synonyms:
    breakup, insularism, disengagement, insulation, insularity, withdrawal, separation

  5. separation, breakup, detachmentnoun

    coming apart

    Synonyms:
    legal separation, insulation, separation, dissolution, disengagement, insularism, breakup, withdrawal, insularity, interval

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  1. detachmentnoun

    Synonyms:
    disconnection, separation, disunion, isolation, segregation

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  1. List of paraphrases for "detachment":

    secondment, posting, détachement, detachments, seconded, outposting, det

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#2781posting
#6160interval
#6234separation
#7184withdrawal
#9977insulation
#10048seconded
#10343det
#17507dissolution
#22669detachment
#29142breakup
#38167fallback
#39855pullout
#39989secession
#42125disengagement
#67373secondment
#75597detachments
#168865insularity
#313768onanism

How to use detachment in a sentence?

  1. Devon Jerome Crawford:

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is implicated in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, this killing indicates the detachment of city leaders from the plight of black, teenage youth on the South Side of Chicago and a willingness by the city to criminalize blackness as opposed to reforming structural inequality.

  2. May Sarton:

    We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.

  3. Kane Ray:

    In the A320 family, accidents and incidents range from fan-cowl detachment, landing gear collapse, bird strikes, right through to hull losses through pilot error, most aircraft have teething problems, and in most cases, these are eradicated. Very rarely, these issues cause disasters -- largely because of a culmination of factors that lead to the event.

  4. Meister Eckhart:

    He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.

  5. Mohsin Mirza:

    So there's a certain detachment.


Translations for detachment

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  • откъсване, чета, отделяне, безпристрастност, отряд, отчужденостBulgarian
  • taĉmentoEsperanto
  • puolueettomuus, välinpitämättömyys, erillisosasto, irrallisuusFinnish
  • leválásHungarian
  • detasemenIndonesian
  • distaccamento, imparzialità, distacco, oggettivitàItalian
  • detachement, losraking, scheiding, afstandelijkheid, onpartijdigheid, detachering, gereserveerdheidDutch
  • detașament, indiferență, despărțire, obiectivitate, detașare, separare, desprindere, imparțialitateRomanian
  • отделе́ние, отрядRussian
  • роз'єднання, відірваність, безсторонність, відокремлення, відчуження, відділення, відчуженість, безстрасність, загінUkrainian
  • 支队Chinese

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