aloofness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aloofness
    n 1: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
         [syn: {distance}, {aloofness}]
    2: a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner [syn:
       {aloofness}, {remoteness}, {standoffishness},
       {withdrawnness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aloofness \A*loof"ness\, n.
   State of being aloof. --Rogers (1642).
   [1913 Webster]

         The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. --Thoreau.
   [1913 Webster] Alopecy

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