disconnection

n. separation, severance, disunion, cutting off

Disconnection is a practice in Scientology, in which a Scientologist severs all ties between themselves and friends, colleagues, or family members that are deemed to be antagonistic towards Scientology. The practice of disconnection is a form of religious shunning.Antagonists to the Church of Scientology are declared by the church to be "antisocial personalities", Potential Trouble Sources (PTS), or Suppressive Persons (SPs). The Church of Scientology teaches that association with such persons impedes one's spiritual growth. According to Church statements, disconnection is used as a "last resort", only to be employed if the persons antagonistic to Scientology do not cease their antagonism -- even after being provided with "true data" about Scientology, since it is taught that usually only people with false data are antagonistic to the Church.
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(n.)
The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.
  

Noun
1. state of being disconnected
(synonym) disjunction, disjuncture, disconnectedness
(hypernym) separation
(hyponym) separability
2. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"
(synonym) gulf, disconnect
(hypernym) disparity
3. the act of breaking a connection
(synonym) disjunction
(hypernym) separation
(derivation) disconnect