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Discover LudwigThe phrase "affectionate detachment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of caring for someone while maintaining a certain emotional distance.
Example: "She approached the situation with an affectionate detachment, offering support without becoming overly involved."
Alternatives: "caring distance" or "loving detachment".
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It is entirely caught up in the individuality of its heroine, who is viewed with affectionate detachment, and in the details of her environment, which are given a romantic lift by Sam Levy's supple, shadowy monochrome cinematography and a musical soundtrack borrowed mostly from the great French film composer Georges Delerue.
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Interestingly, the detachment in the feeding bond goes together with a detachment in the affectionate bond [7].
But he also viewed Kennedy with an easygoing detachment, rather as Kennedy tended to view himself; he laughed along with the affectionate Vaughn Meader impersonations and the Mad magazine spoofs of J.F.K. that I added to his reading of the New York World-Telegram, a middlebrow broadsheet unaware that, along with men's hats and women's cotton gloves, it was on the brink of death.
Malicious detachment.
Affectionate partner to Bob.
She was more affectionate.
The affectionate sparring continued.
Affectionate aunt to Jesse.
"If they're affectionate, they're affectionate!" he said.
Brixton an affectionate labrador.
Detachment produces discernments.
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