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disengagement Definition

dis·en·gage·ment (-in gāj′mənt)

noun

  1. a disengaging or being disengaged
  2. freedom from obligation, occupation, etc.; ease; leisure
  3. withdrawal from a stated policy, previous involvement or position, etc.; specif., withdrawal of military forces, political influence, etc. from an area
disengagement Synonyms

disengagement

n.

  1. Rest

    ease, leisure, liberty; see leisure, rest 1.

  2. Detachment

    severance, withdrawal, disentanglement; see division 1, freeing, separation 1.

disengagement Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • tackle: Effective work-related learning experiences can help tackle youth disengagement.
  • grow: It brings out the growing disengagement with formal politics, and makes 30 important recommendations for change.
  • address: If politicians want to address political disengagement they must be prepared to take the steps that reach out to the politically disengaged.

Adjective modifier

  • political: Political disengagement is a more general problem, which is deeply corrosive of public life.
  • moral: Differences lie in the way in which individuals choose to commit moral disengagement.
  • British: The price would be obvious - an open handed American welcome for British disengagement from the European project.
  • public: Changing the electoral system would do little to address these more fundamental catalysts of public disengagement.
  • complete: Neither complete disengagement between church and state, nor complete identification of church with the state, will work for Methodists.

Modifies a noun

  • plan: Instead, we are left arguing whether the disengagement plan is consistent with the process at all.
  • process: Prime Minister: Yes, but part of the disengagement process is to get rid of 7,000 settlers in the Gaza.

Noun used with modifier

  • voter: The practice of our politics Of course it is for each individual party to frame its own response to the challenge of voter disengagement.

Possessives

  • people: This can be clearly seen in the rapid and disturbing growth of young people's disengagement from the electoral and political system.

Preposition: of

  • force: Limited disengagement of forces in areas where forces are in direct contact.

Preposition: from

  • politics: This snapshot of Basildon reflects a wider disengagement from politics in Britain.
  • education: YWCA has consistently urged government agencies to recognize the pivotal role disengagement from education can play in teenage pregnancy.
  • process: Undoubtedly, there is profound disengagement from political processes.
  • service: This, in part, explains the disengagement from services.

Preposition: with

  • politics: Might even lead one to support the view of disengagement with politics.