Detachment or detached may refer to: *

Single-family detached home A single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling, single-family residence (SFR) or separate house is a free-standing residential building. It is defined in opposition to a multi-family residential dwelling. Definitions ...

, a structure maintained and used as a single dwelling unit. *

Emotional detachment In psychology, emotional detachment, also known as emotional blunting, is a condition or state in which a person lacks emotional connectivity to others, whether due to an unwanted circumstance or as a positive means to coping, cope with anxiet ...

, in psychology, refers to "inability to connect" or "mental assertiveness" *

Detachment (philosophy) Nonattachment, non-attachment, or detachment is a state in which a person overcomes their emotional attachment to or desire for things, people, or worldly concerns and thus attains a heightened perspective. It is considered a wise virtue and ...

, the state of lacking desire or emotional attachment to material things, people or wordly affairs *

Detachment (military) A detachment (from the French ''détachement'') is a military unit. It can either be detached from a larger unit for a specific function or (particularly in United States military usage) be a permanent unit smaller than a battalion. The term is o ...

, a military unit which has left its parent unit altogether * Detachment (territory), a concept in international law * A term used in the United Kingdom for an

enclave An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is so ...

exclave An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is s ...

Detachment fault A detachment fault is a gently dipping normal fault associated with large-scale extensional tectonics. Detachment faults often have very large displacements (tens of km) and juxtapose unmetamorphosed hanging walls against medium to high-grade me ...

, geological term associated with large displacements *

Décollement Décollement () is a gliding plane between two rock masses, also known as a basal detachment fault. Décollements are a Deformation (geology), deformational structure, resulting in independent styles of deformation in the rocks above and below t ...

, a geological term for a zone where rock units are detached from each other * ''Detachment'' (film), a 2011 American film *

Detachments (British band) Detachments are a London-based, post-punk influenced art rock/electronic group led by Blackpool raised Bastien Marshal (Manchester born). They were signed by Thisisnotanexit Records in 2008. Their sound has been compared to that of New Wave m ...

, an art rock/electronic group *

Detached object Detached objects are a dynamical class of minor planets in the outer reaches of the Solar System and belong to the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). These objects have orbits whose points of closest approach to the Sun ( perihe ...

s, objects which have orbits whose perihelia are sufficiently distant from the influence of Neptune so that they are only moderately affected by Neptune. *

Detachment in personality disorder or personality difficulty The ICD-11 classification of personality disorders is a diagnostic framework for personality disorders (PD), introduced in the 11th revision of the ''International Classification of Diseases'' (ICD-11). This system of classification is an implementa ...

, a psychiatric trait diagnosis in the

ICD-11 The ICD-11 is the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). It replaces the ICD-10 as the global standard for recording health information and causes of death. The ICD is developed and annually updated by the World H ...

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