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overdetachment

noun

Etymology

From over- + detachment.

  1. borrowed from détachement
  2. prefixed as overdetachment — “over + detachment”

Definitions

  1. excessive emotional detachment

    • Overdetachment is a serious character flaw that cripples any possibility for intimacy.
    • The process of overdetachment may not stop at the failure to see the patient as a person but may go on to the unconscious fantasy that the best patient is one who is completely passive and submissive […]

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