detached (redirected from detachedness)

de·tached  (d-tcht)

adj.

1. Separated; disconnected: a detached part; a detached plug.

2. Standing apart from others; separate: a house with a detached garage.

3. Marked by an absence of emotional involvement and an aloof, impersonal objectivity. See Synonyms at cool.

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de·tached·ly (-tchd-l, -tchtl) adv.

de·tached·ness n.

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detached [dɪˈtætʃt]

adj

1. disconnected or standing apart; not attached a detached house

2. (Psychology) having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested

3. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Social welfare working at the clients' normal location rather than from an office; not dependent on premises for providing a service a detached youth worker Compare outreach [7]

4. (Medicine) Ophthalmol (of the retina) separated from the choroid layer of the eyeball to which it is normally attached, resulting in loss of vision in the affected part

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	detached - showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander" degage, uninvolved unconcerned - lacking in interest or care or feeling; "the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control"; "blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight"
	2.	detached - being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling" separated, set-apart, isolated separate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
	3.	detached - no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases" separated unconnected - not joined or linked together
	4.	detached - used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage" architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" attached - used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; "a block of attached houses"
	5.	detached - lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person" unaffectionate, uncaring unloving - not giving or reciprocating affection
	6.	detached - not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" free unfixed - not firmly placed or set or fastened

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detached

adjective

1. objective, neutral, impartial, reserved, aloof, impersonal, disinterested, unbiased, dispassionate, uncommitted, uninvolved, unprejudiced The piece is written in a detached, precise style.
objective subjective, prejudiced, biased, partisan, interested, involved, concerned

2. separate, free, severed, disconnected, loosened, discrete, unconnected, undivided, disjoined He lost his sight because of a detached retina.

Translations

detached [dɪˈtætʃt]

A. ADJ

1. (= separate) → separado, suelto; (from friends, family) → distanciado
to become detached (from) [part, fragment] → desprenderse(de)
she had become detached from reality → había perdido contacto con la realidad
they live detached from everything → viven desligados de todo

2. (= impartial) [opinion] → objetivo, imparcial; (= unemotional) [manner] → indiferente
to take a detached view of → considerar objetivamente

B. CPD detached house N → casa f independiente, chalet m individual
detached retina N → desprendimiento m de la retina

detached [dɪˈtætʃt] adj [attitude, style] → détaché(e)
detached house n (British) → maison f individuelle

detached

adj

(= unbiased) opinion → distanziert, unvoreingenommen; (= unemotional) manner, person, expression → kühl, distanziert

(Brit) detached house → allein stehendes Haus, Einzelhaus nt

detached [dɪˈtætʃt] adj

a. → staccato/a, separato/a

b. (impartial, opinion) → imparziale, obiettivo/a; (unemotional, manner, attitude) → distaccato/a, distante

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detached [dɪˈtætʃt] adj

a. → staccato/a, separato/a

b. (impartial, opinion) → imparziale, obiettivo/a; (unemotional, manner, attitude) → distaccato/a, distante