psychic distance

Or psychical distance

noun

1. the degree of emotional detachment maintained toward a person, group of people, event, etc.

Example Sentences

The fees put some psychic distance between the products and the extra money, making the charges seem akin to a sales tax—totally out of a business owner’s control.

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I get the clear sense that she was raised to allow people in but also keeps a safe psychic distance, a spiritual boundary that, when respected, falls away.

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The pandemic meant he had psychic distance from his public persona, and physical distance from the trappings of fame; the resulting album takes the introspection present on his previous projects and digs deeper.

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After that, Ms. Secrest said, Mr. Sondheim strived to maintain “a safe psychic distance” from women making overtures, “imagined or real.”

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Briscoe despairs at how much love she has for Mrs. Ramsay, yet how immense the psychic distance between them is.

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