Detachment - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪˈtætʃmənt|
Brit.
|dɪˈtætʃm(ə)nt|
noun
- avoiding emotional involvement (syn: withdrawal)
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connection (syn: disengagement)
- the state of being isolated or detached (syn: insularity, insulation)
- a small unit of troops of special composition
- coming apart (syn: breakup, separation)
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connection (syn: disengagement)
- the state of being isolated or detached (syn: insularity, insulation)
- a small unit of troops of special composition
- coming apart (syn: breakup, separation)
Extra examples
I wish the article had approached the issue with a bit more detachment.
The form is perforated to make detachment of the bottom section easier.
A detachment of soldiers was called to assist the police.
A gun detachment consists of one non-commissioned officer and nine gunners.
...the judge listened with the gelid detachment of someone who had heard it all before...
He viewed the world with Olympian detachment.
James watched with regal detachment.
Sympathy should be stoutened by a certain detachment.
Word forms
noun
singular: detachment
plural: detachments
singular: detachment
plural: detachments
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