nonattachment

adjective

non·​at·​tach·​ment ˌnän-ə-ˈtach-mənt 

: lack of attachment (as to worldly concerns)

There is a subtle distinction between indifference and nonattachment, and it is crucial to understand this distinction if you are to have genuine happiness in your life.

—Phillip Moffitt

Examples of nonattachment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Buddhism, there is a practice of nonattachment called nekkhamma. —Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2020

For non-Buddhists, indifference to death might entail a bit more nonattachment than is optimal. —Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above