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Noun: aloofness  u'loof-nus
  1. Indifference by personal withdrawal
    "emotional aloofness"
    - distance
     
  2. A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
    - remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness

Derived forms: aloofnesses

See also: aloof

Type of: indifference, unsociability, unsociableness

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