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

Matched Categories

1. • Army Unit
   • Change
   • Indifference
   • Isolation
   • Separation

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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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1. Edward Ramotowski:

   All applicable security checks were done for that individual, Ms. Malik, that includes an immigrant visa interview, it includes facial recognition screening, it includes interagency counterterrorism screening, it included a review by the visa security unit of immigration and customs enforcement, which as a detachment in Islamabad in our embassy there and it included the full biometric fingerprint checks and in all cases, the results of those checks were clear. There were no indications of any ill intent by that individual at the time the visa was issued.

2. May Sarton:

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

3. 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.

4. W. Somerset Maugham:

   Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.

5. 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.