Definition of distantiate in English:

distantiate

verbdɪˈstanʃɪeɪt

[with object]

Set or keep (something) at a distance, especially mentally.
Austen's aesthetic forms distantiate ideology
Example sentencesExamples
- Thinking locally - personally - prevents us from disassociating ourselves from these potentially distantiating theories of space.
- Expect more attempts to discredit Forrest or distantiate themselves from the Wedge.
- Mike Gene is a relatively minor player in the ID movement and has distantiated himself from many of the ID movement's approaches or claims.

Derivatives

distantiation

noun

The visual effect of distantiation is that you shed subjective involvement and so gain information (alt. lose information).
Example sentencesExamples
- And the distantiation between France and Africa, which was also a consequence of the Elf scandal has manifested itself.
- We would expect an ironic manipulation of such images to intensify the effect of critical distantiation.
- Conspicuously cultivated ironic distantiation, the flaunting of lack of commitment, is thus the only possible option.
- A similar tension surrounds the seeming distantiations and displacements of Stanley's life and art.

Origin

1940s: based on Latin distantia 'distance'.

单词	distantiate
释义	Definition of distantiate in English: distantiate verbdɪˈstanʃɪeɪt [with object] Set or keep (something) at a distance, especially mentally. Austen's aesthetic forms distantiate ideology Example sentencesExamples Thinking locally - personally - prevents us from disassociating ourselves from these potentially distantiating theories of space. Expect more attempts to discredit Forrest or distantiate themselves from the Wedge. Mike Gene is a relatively minor player in the ID movement and has distantiated himself from many of the ID movement's approaches or claims. Derivatives distantiation noun The visual effect of distantiation is that you shed subjective involvement and so gain information (alt. lose information). Example sentencesExamples And the distantiation between France and Africa, which was also a consequence of the Elf scandal has manifested itself. We would expect an ironic manipulation of such images to intensify the effect of critical distantiation. Conspicuously cultivated ironic distantiation, the flaunting of lack of commitment, is thus the only possible option. A similar tension surrounds the seeming distantiations and displacements of Stanley's life and art. Origin 1940s: based on Latin distantia 'distance'.
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