Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aloofness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aloofness \A*loof"ness\, n.
State of being aloof. --Rogers (1642).
The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. --Thoreau.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aloofness
n 1: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
[syn: {distance}]
2: a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
[syn: {remoteness}, {standoffishness}, {withdrawnness}]
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