DISENGAGEMENT Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

disengagement

noun

Definition of disengagement

as in revulsion

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Recent Examples of disengagement In my experience, many corporate teams drift between sympathetic over-activation (burnout) and dorsal shutdown (disengagement). — Roy Ward, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Experts point to factors including mobility barriers and a sense of disengagement that is not unique to older voters, but can accentuate with age. — Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026 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 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

One obvious reason for this had been that officials weren't entirely certain what the effects of firing the cannon might be on the spacecraft, such as the weapon's recoil on the station while fired in a microgravity environment.

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of recoil

Noun

The second withdrawal of assistance that appeared to beset Ukraine Wednesday also suggests Trump is squeezing them harder.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
On forfeits, the WIAA argued that its rules allowing additional penalties for certain withdrawals apply to postseason competition and that any such penalty is discretionary.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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