as in detachment
the absence of emotional involvement
her clinical coldness allows her to function in a job where she sees human misery every day
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detachment
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The subreddit lit up with theories: a flex, a trauma response, a signal of total emotional detachment.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025 -
For example, the group is one of a handful of the Illinois region’s 40 detachments that have formed a partnership with Scouting.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
3 July 2025
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“Coldness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coldness. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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