DISENGAGEMENT Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

disengagement

noun

Definition of disengagement

as in revulsion

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Recent Examples of disengagement The solitude of the narrator in Dillard’s nonfiction and her apparent disengagement with society also was a source of criticism. — Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 Signs of disengagement in fully remote environments are less obvious, and paying attention to such patterns is vitally important as a leader. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 The damage to the sport, in terms of lost revenues and fan disengagement, rises the more games that are missed. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Today, young people are increasingly frustrated with the hypocrisy of politicians lecturing them about the virtues of voting while in practice facilitating disengagement. — David Neil, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 Some of that increase reflects the Central Bank’s own push to link accounts to verified identity numbers, which forced a wave of closures and reclassifications rather than pure customer disengagement. — Aishah N. Ahmad, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Someone else expresses revulsion at seeing dogs devour bodies left to rot, but the disgust doesn’t seem to extend to the killings themselves.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Anyone with even the mildest case of trypophobia—the sense of revulsion from tiny clusters and holes—should avert their eyes.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of revulsion

Noun

And the fact that its recoil didn’t threaten to detach your retinas with each trigger pull was a big bonus.

— John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
On rare occasions, however, one such particle could collide with an atomic nucleus and produce a tiny recoil — precisely the kind of event the LZ experiment is designed to detect.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of recoil

Noun

The plan included additional Israeli military withdrawals from Gaza, the disarmament of Hamas, the arrival of an international peacekeeping force and a new apolitical Palestinian government to administer the territory's day-to-day affairs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
That includes early withdrawals from retirement accounts, with 29%; reducing or eliminating retirement contributions, 20%; or taking on high-interest debt, 18%.

— Lorie Konish, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

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