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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How to use detachment in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Mohsin Mirza:

   So there's a certain detachment.

3. Ann Stefanek:

   The commander of the 102nd Intelligence Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, has suspended the commander of the 102nd Intelligence Support Squadron pending further investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, additionally, the detachment commander overseeing administrative support for Airmen at the unit mobilized for duty under Title 10 USC has also been suspended.

4. Claude Roy:

   Love is an attachment to another self. Humor is a form of self-detachment -- a way of looking at one's existence, one's misfortune, or one's discomfort. If you really love, if you really know how to laugh, the result is the same you forget yourself.

5. 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.