divorced from reality
idiom
: showing no connection to what is real or true
a theory that is completely divorced from reality
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Now Secretary McMahon is confusing government with her WrestleMania days -- dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality.
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 9 July 2025
Now Secretary McMahon is confusing government with her WrestleMania days — dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
Not this time, when policy-making at the White House seems divorced from reality.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Political gossip has bubbled up lately that Mayor Freddie O'Connell could face a legitimate challenger to his reelection bid in 2027, but such talk seems to be divorced from reality.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 9 July 2025
Now Secretary McMahon is confusing government with her WrestleMania days — dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
Not this time, when policy-making at the White House seems divorced from reality.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Political gossip has bubbled up lately that Mayor Freddie O'Connell could face a legitimate challenger to his reelection bid in 2027, but such talk seems to be divorced from reality.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Divorced from reality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divorced%20from%20reality. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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