detachmentn.

/dɪˈtatʃmənt/

Etymology: < French détachement (1642 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < détacher : see -ment suffix.

1. The action of detaching; unfastening, disconnecting, separation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [noun]

discessiona1425

division1535

uncleaving1593

secession1633

detachment1671

1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 35 A perfect Detachment, and clearing of our affections from the friendships of the creature.

1699 J. Woodward in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 208 So continual an Emission and Detachment of Water, in so great Plenty from the Parts of Plants.

1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 17 A detachment of fibres from the fascia lata of the thigh.

1876 W. H. Pollock in Contemp. Rev. June 55 The growth of the drama has..gone hand in hand with its detachment from the service of its parent.

1880 Carpenter in 19th Cent. No. 38. 612 Bergs which show least signs of change since their first detachment from the parent mass.

2. Military and Navy. The separating and dispatching of part of a body of troops, etc., on special service.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > detaching on special service

detachment1678

detaching1864

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Detachment, a word now very much brought into use, in relations of the affairs of the French Army, and signifies a drawing off of a party from one place for the relief or assistance of some party, upon occasion, in another place.

1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 116 They confirm the detachment of the dauphine with 25,000 men to the Rhine.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 113 The Army, after so many Detachments, was not above 19000 Men.

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1201 Which would have..caused a great detachment from their army in Flanders.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. ii. 143 [They] had become tenants on condition of service instead of mere officers on detachment.

3. concrete. A portion of an army or navy taken from the main body and employed on some separate service or expedition; any party similarly separated from a main body.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun]

companyc1325

compartment1590

brigade1637

detachment1678

contingent1728

unit1861

crowd1901

crush1904

mahalla1906

outfit1909

mob1916

serial1941

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > part of force for special duty

detachment1678

task group1943

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 195 Haunted with Detachments, sent From Marshal-Legions Regiment.

1681 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 89 He has sent out a detachment of six witnesses, to confound Fitzharris's discovery.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 72 Detachments were made out of every Regiment to search among the Dead.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber x. 193 A Detachment of Actors, from Drury-Lane.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. lii. 256 A detachment of cavalry intercepted his march.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xv. 291 He sent a detachment of his fleet to seize the island of Cythera.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 112 A gun detachment consists of one non-commissioned officer and nine gunners.

attributive.1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. i. 3 The smartest officers are usually selected for detachment duty.1881 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Freres iii He was almost immediately told off for detachment duty.

a. A standing apart or aloof from objects or circumstances; a state of separation or withdrawal from connection or association with surrounding things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > separation or isolation

detachedness1768

insulation1798

isolation1833

detachment1862

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > detachment or non-participation

distance1609

aloofness1639

distantness1731

non-participation1832

detachment1862

awayness1936

1862 F. D. Maurice Mod. Philos. iii. §36. 88 This detachment from Italian feelings might have led one to expect [etc.].

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. iv. 126 The mountain sprang forth with astonishing solidity and detachment from the surrounding air.

1874 J. Morley On Compromise 90 Oxford, ‘the sweet city with her dreaming spires’, where there has ever been so much detachment from the world.

1883 Brit. Q. Rev. Oct. 392 An apartness or detachment from self.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. liii. 335 The detachment of the United States from the affairs of the Old World.

b. A condition of spiritual separation from the world. (Cf. 1671 at sense 1.) More widely, freedom or aloofness from ordinary concerns or emotional commitments.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > spiritual separation from the world

detachment1798

separativeness1901

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > emotional detachment

unmovedness1628

inaffectedness1648

unconcernedness1675

unaffectedness1678

unconcern1711

inaccessibleness1769

ease1808

outsideness1883

detachment1888

detachedness1892

1798 C. Lamb Rosamund Gray xi The stronger I feel this detachment, the more I find myself drawn heavenward.

1853 M. Kelly tr. Gosselin Power of Pope I. 91 To inspire all the faithful with the spirit of detachment.

1856 J. H. Newman Callista 199 A most heroic faith, and the detachment of a saint.

1865 T. F. Knox tr. Life H. Suso 152 Let all who suffer with detachment rejoice.

1888 H. James in Harper's Mag. Feb. 342/2 Her detachment, her air of having no fatuous illusions, and not being blinded by prejudice, seemed to me at times to amount to an affectation.

1891 Daily News 3 Apr. 5/2 There is no such excellent cure for ‘detachment’ as an attachment.

1915 R. Brooke Let. 6 Apr. (1968) 677 One just hasn't, though, the time and detachment to write, I find.

1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl ii. xi. 181 ‘C'était un bien méchant homme,’ Madame Vervier remarked in a tone of surpassing detachment.

1926 W. S. Churchill in W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts of a Dean 166 That sense of detachment and impartiality, that power of comprehending the other man's point of view.

1935 W. S. Maugham Don Fernando x. 201 This person seems to preserve a strangely ironic detachment: it would never occur to you that he was a mystic.

5. Used for attachment n. 1, 2.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Detachiare To seize or take into custody another man's goods or person by writ of Detachment or other course of law.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Detachment, in Law, a sort of Writ.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	detachment
释义	detachmentn. /dɪˈtatʃmənt/ Etymology: < French détachement (1642 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < détacher : see -ment suffix. 1. The action of detaching; unfastening, disconnecting, separation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [noun] discessiona1425 division1535 uncleaving1593 secession1633 detachment1671 1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 35 A perfect Detachment, and clearing of our affections from the friendships of the creature. 1699 J. Woodward in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 208 So continual an Emission and Detachment of Water, in so great Plenty from the Parts of Plants. 1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 17 A detachment of fibres from the fascia lata of the thigh. 1876 W. H. Pollock in Contemp. Rev. June 55 The growth of the drama has..gone hand in hand with its detachment from the service of its parent. 1880 Carpenter in 19th Cent. No. 38. 612 Bergs which show least signs of change since their first detachment from the parent mass. 2. Military and Navy. The separating and dispatching of part of a body of troops, etc., on special service. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > detaching on special service detachment1678 detaching1864 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Detachment, a word now very much brought into use, in relations of the affairs of the French Army, and signifies a drawing off of a party from one place for the relief or assistance of some party, upon occasion, in another place. 1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 116 They confirm the detachment of the dauphine with 25,000 men to the Rhine. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 113 The Army, after so many Detachments, was not above 19000 Men. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1201 Which would have..caused a great detachment from their army in Flanders. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. ii. 143 [They] had become tenants on condition of service instead of mere officers on detachment. 3. concrete. A portion of an army or navy taken from the main body and employed on some separate service or expedition; any party similarly separated from a main body. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] companyc1325 compartment1590 brigade1637 detachment1678 contingent1728 unit1861 crowd1901 crush1904 mahalla1906 outfit1909 mob1916 serial1941 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > part of force for special duty detachment1678 task group1943 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 195 Haunted with Detachments, sent From Marshal-Legions Regiment. 1681 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 89 He has sent out a detachment of six witnesses, to confound Fitzharris's discovery. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 72 Detachments were made out of every Regiment to search among the Dead. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber x. 193 A Detachment of Actors, from Drury-Lane. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. lii. 256 A detachment of cavalry intercepted his march. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xv. 291 He sent a detachment of his fleet to seize the island of Cythera. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 112 A gun detachment consists of one non-commissioned officer and nine gunners. attributive.1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. i. 3 The smartest officers are usually selected for detachment duty.1881 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Freres iii He was almost immediately told off for detachment duty. 4. a. A standing apart or aloof from objects or circumstances; a state of separation or withdrawal from connection or association with surrounding things. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > separation or isolation detachedness1768 insulation1798 isolation1833 detachment1862 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > detachment or non-participation distance1609 aloofness1639 distantness1731 non-participation1832 detachment1862 awayness1936 1862 F. D. Maurice Mod. Philos. iii. §36. 88 This detachment from Italian feelings might have led one to expect [etc.]. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. iv. 126 The mountain sprang forth with astonishing solidity and detachment from the surrounding air. 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 90 Oxford, ‘the sweet city with her dreaming spires’, where there has ever been so much detachment from the world. 1883 Brit. Q. Rev. Oct. 392 An apartness or detachment from self. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. liii. 335 The detachment of the United States from the affairs of the Old World. b. A condition of spiritual separation from the world. (Cf. 1671 at sense 1.) More widely, freedom or aloofness from ordinary concerns or emotional commitments. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > spiritual separation from the world detachment1798 separativeness1901 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > emotional detachment unmovedness1628 inaffectedness1648 unconcernedness1675 unaffectedness1678 unconcern1711 inaccessibleness1769 ease1808 outsideness1883 detachment1888 detachedness1892 1798 C. Lamb Rosamund Gray xi The stronger I feel this detachment, the more I find myself drawn heavenward. 1853 M. Kelly tr. Gosselin Power of Pope I. 91 To inspire all the faithful with the spirit of detachment. 1856 J. H. Newman Callista 199 A most heroic faith, and the detachment of a saint. 1865 T. F. Knox tr. Life H. Suso 152 Let all who suffer with detachment rejoice. 1888 H. James in Harper's Mag. Feb. 342/2 Her detachment, her air of having no fatuous illusions, and not being blinded by prejudice, seemed to me at times to amount to an affectation. 1891 Daily News 3 Apr. 5/2 There is no such excellent cure for ‘detachment’ as an attachment. 1915 R. Brooke Let. 6 Apr. (1968) 677 One just hasn't, though, the time and detachment to write, I find. 1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl ii. xi. 181 ‘C'était un bien méchant homme,’ Madame Vervier remarked in a tone of surpassing detachment. 1926 W. S. Churchill in W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts of a Dean 166 That sense of detachment and impartiality, that power of comprehending the other man's point of view. 1935 W. S. Maugham Don Fernando x. 201 This person seems to preserve a strangely ironic detachment: it would never occur to you that he was a mystic. 5. Used for attachment n. 1, 2. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Detachiare To seize or take into custody another man's goods or person by writ of Detachment or other course of law. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Detachment, in Law, a sort of Writ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1671
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