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Detachment is a 2011 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by Carl Lund. Its story follows Henry Barthes, a high-school substitute teacher who becomes a role model to his students and others.
Feb 1, 2012 · Detachment: Directed by Tony Kaye. With Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan, Christina Hendricks. A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
noun. uk / dɪˈtætʃ.mənt / us / dɪˈtætʃ.mənt / detachment noun (ARMY GROUP) Add to word list. [ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of soldiers who are separated from the main group in order to perform a particular duty: military detachment A military detchment was sent to the island to provide support.
noun. : the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special mission or service. : a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and of special composition. : indifference to worldly concerns : aloofness.
A state of being distant or standoffish is detachment. Your detachment might mean that you don't cry on the last day of school with all your friends — you're just not that emotionally involved. When you have a sense of detachment from your surroundings, you're a bit aloof or apart, especially in an emotional way.
noun. /dɪˈtætʃmənt/ [uncountable] the state of not being involved in something in an emotional or personal way. He answered with an air of detachment. She felt a sense of detachment from what was going on. opposite involvement. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
noun. us / dɪˈtætʃ.mənt / uk / dɪˈtætʃ.mənt / detachment noun (ARMY GROUP) Add to word list. [ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of soldiers who are separated from the main group in order to perform a particular duty: military detachment A military detchment was sent to the island to provide support.
Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
DETACHMENT definition: 1. a feeling of not being involved in a situation: 2. a small group of soldiers with a particular…. Learn more.
the condition of being disengaged or separated; disconnection. military. the separation of a small unit from its main body, esp of ships or troops. the unit so detached. a branch office of a police force.
