detachment
11Detachment — For other uses, see Detachment (disambiguation). The lotus symbolizes non attachment in some religions in Asia owing to its ability to soar over the muddy waters and produce an immaculate flower. Detachment, also expressed as non attachment, is a …
12detachment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete ▪ clinical, professional ▪ She gazed at the body with almost clinical detachment. ▪ cool ▪ critical …
13detachment — [[t]dɪtæ̱tʃmənt[/t]] detachments 1) N UNCOUNT Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it. She did not care for the idea of socialising with her clients. It would… …
14detachment — de|tach|ment [dıˈtætʃmənt] n 1.) [U] the state of not reacting to or being involved in something in an emotional way ≠ ↑involvement detachment from ▪ He felt a sense of detachment from what was happening around him. 2.) a group of soldiers who… …
15detachment — noun 1) she looked on everything with detachment Syn: objectivity, dispassion, disinterest, open mindedness, neutrality, impartiality; indifference, aloofness 2) a detachment of soldiers Syn: unit, detail, squad …
16detachment — UK [dɪˈtætʃmənt] / US noun Word forms detachment : singular detachment plural detachments 1) [uncountable] a feeling of not being involved with someone or something in a close or emotional way She observed them arguing with a sense of detachment …
17detachment — noun 1) she looked on with detachment Syn: objectivity, dispassion, disinterest, neutrality, impartiality 2) a detachment of soldiers Syn: unit, squad, detail, troop, contingent, ta …
18detachment — Synonyms and related words: Jim Crow, KP, Olympian detachment, abstraction, abulia, accidia, acedia, adjunct, age group, alienation, aloneness, aloofness, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apartheid, apartness, apathy, army, army group …
19detachment — The renunciation of attractive objects and deep relationships which was urged both by Jesus (Luke 14:26) and Paul (Col. 3:9–10) on the ground not that they were intrinsically bad but because they could hinder a total commitment to the service of… …
20Detachment — De|tach|ment [di tætʃmənt] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. detachment, dies über fr. détachement (vgl. ↑Detachement) zu détacher, vgl. 1↑detachieren> Abspaltung eines ↑Elektrons von einem freien negativen ↑Ion (z. B. durch… …
