Detachment

Detachment may mean:

  • Emotional detachment, in psychology, refers to "inability to connect" or "mental assertiveness"
  • Detachment (philosophy), a philosophical state
  • Detachment (military), a military term
  • Detachment (film), an American film
  • Décollement, a geological term for a zone where rock units are detached from each other
  • Retinal detachment, a disorder of the retina
  • A term used in the United Kingdom for an enclave or exclave

Famous quotes containing the word detachment:

    “There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)