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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. indifference by personal withdrawal;
- Example: "emotional distance"
[syn: distance, aloofness]

2. a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner;
[syn: aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness]



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


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]