Word for "becoming more and more distant"? [closed]

Question

Example sentence:

That night, Mary and Tom discussed about Tom's gradual __

Basically, I'm looking for a word that means distancement. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

dis·en·gage·ment

ˌdisənˈɡājmənt

noun
1.
the action or process of withdrawing from involvement in a particular activity, situation, or group. "their steady disengagement from politics and politicians"
2.
emotional detachment; objectivity. "contemporary criticism can afford neutral disengagement"

Source: entry in Oxford online dictionary

Answer 2

Distancization

How does it show its distancization from earlier sources?

Noun form of to distancize. For this see

So, just saying, you can enjoy it, but be aware of its shortcomings, and distancize yourself from some aspects.

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Keywords in media coverage of the Horn of Africa: hunger, violence, conflict-do they proximize or distancize?

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Notice from the same source this can refer to metaphorical rather than spatial distance:

for me in/ou[t] are clearly spatial relations but not primarily distance, which is a (metaphorical) derivative there

Last, see

it's imperative to distancize oneself from it as ostensibly as possible, in order to avoid suspicion, "contamination", etc

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