divorced from reality

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: showing no connection to what is real or true

a theory that is completely divorced from reality

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This is an interesting, if upsetting, phenomenon, showing how online communities are divorced from reality and how social media can enable some of the worst sides of humanity. —

Callum Booth, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 This degree of enthusiasm reminds me of earlier bubbles, like the dot-com explosion, in which speculative investments divorced from reality. —

Jim Osman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 The claims are divorced from reality: Schools are not involved in the medical decisions that families of trans youth make to receive gender-affirming care. —

Orion Rummler, Them, 13 Sep. 2024 Advertisement That may not be the only issue about Tesla and Musk that is arguably divorced from reality. —

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for divorced from reality

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