how to pronounce detachment

/dɪˈtætʃ.mənt/

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detachment is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of detachment in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the public's detachment from wildlife …”

meaning of detachment

Detachment means the act of separating oneself from a person or thing.

detachment frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word detachment occurs in english on average 5.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics detachment can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that detachment can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;