🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

अलगाव

Pronunciation / Transliteration: alagāv

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disengagement/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"कर्मचारियों में अलगाव कंपनी के लिए हानिकारक है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of withdrawing from involvement, an obligation, or an emotional connection.

    "Employee disengagement can lead to lower productivity and higher turnover rates."
  2. 2

    The act of detaching or releasing something from being interlocked or engaged with something else.

    "The automatic disengagement of the clutch occurs when the driver presses the pedal."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix dis- (expressing negation or reversal) combined with engagement, originating from Old French engagier, ultimately from Germanic roots related to a pledge or gage. The term evolved in modern psychological and sociological contexts to describe the action or process of withdrawing involvement, emotional investment, or participation from an activity, organization, or relationship.

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