Meaning & use
detachment
A feeling of being emotionally distant or uninvolved, or the act of separating something from a larger whole.
See it in a sentence
He watched the chaos unfold with a strange sense of detachment.
The general ordered a small detachment of soldiers to guard the bridge.
A note on using this word
Detachment can describe emotional distance, a physical separation, or a military unit sent on a separate assignment, depending on context.
Words with a similar meaning
indifferencealoofness
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Words with an opposite meaning
involvementattachment
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