attachment
noun
nonattachment
-
a word derived from
attachment.
Example Sentences
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Noting my distress, he explained the problem with music is how easily we get attached to it, and at the heart of Buddhism is nonattachment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In Zen Buddhism, there is a concept called nonattachment.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
But he remains unhappy in every condition, until he finds that the only true wisdom is nonattachment, a resigned acceptance of everything that happens.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
Since becoming a Buddhist about halfway into his 20-year engagement with the Cubs, Daniel Garrett now screams at the television less often, a benefit of the Buddhist practice of nonattachment, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2016
So bit by bit, while scrubbing and Windexing and buffing, I cobble together a philosophy of glorious nonattachment.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
