detachment B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/ See IPA manual Freq #17597 Meanings 1 noun A feeling of not being emotionally involved with someone or something. She spoke about the accident with surprising detachment. 2 noun The act of separating one thing from another. The detachment of the trailer from the car took only a minute. 3 noun A small group of soldiers sent away for a special task. A detachment was sent to guard the bridge. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a feeling of not being... withdrawal 2 noun · the act of separating one... disengagement Word family Forms detachments Derived forms autodetachmentoverdetachmentphotodetachmentredetachmentsemi-detachmentsubdetachment Related forms selflessness Common collocations olympian detachment Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From French détachement. By surface analysis, detach + -ment. détachement French View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # detachment **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/ **Frequency rank:** 17597 ## Meanings 1. A feeling of not being emotionally involved with someone or something. 2. The act of separating one thing from another. 3. A small group of soldiers sent away for a special task. ## Examples - She spoke about the accident with surprising detachment. - The detachment of the trailer from the car took only a minute. - A detachment was sent to guard the bridge. ## Derived Forms - autodetachment - overdetachment - photodetachment - redetachment - semi-detachment - subdetachment ## Related Forms - selflessness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: détachement ## Etymology From French détachement. By surface analysis, detach + -ment. ## AI Etymology detachment comes from French détachement. By surface analysis, detach + -ment. Current senses include A feeling of not being emotionally involved with someone or something and The act of separating one thing from another. English relatives and later formations include autodetachment, overdetachment, photodetachment, selflessness. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown