nonattachment means lack of attachment, especially freedom from attachment to worldly things or goals, as in some Eastern philosophies. It carries an Arena rating of 1439, earned across 51 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nonattachment ranks #3,359 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #3,830 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #5,662 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #6,810 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words.
Why “nonattachment” is a great word
NONATTACHMENT — [Noun] A state of mental and spiritual freedom from emotional clinging to outcomes, possessions, or people, characterized by engaged awareness without fixation. From the English prefix non- ("not") + attachment (from Old French atacher, "to fasten, fix"). Unlike "detachment," which often implies a passive withdrawal or aloof separation, or "indifference," which suggests a hollow lack of concern, nonattachment is a conscious, unpossessive participation in experience. It is the monk savoring a meal without craving a second bowl, the gardener tending a rose without despairing at its eventual wilt, and the hand that holds a delicate bird without gripping—the difficult grace of meeting the world with open palms.
Etymology
From non- + attachment.
noun
- Lack of attachment, especially freedom from attachment to worldly things or goals, as in some Eastern philosophies.
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