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aloofness

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Etymology

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Fromaloof +‎-ness.

Noun

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aloofness (usuallyuncountable,pluralaloofnesses)

  1. Thestate of beingaloof.
    • 1956,Arthur C. Clarke,The City and the Stars, page49:
      She wouldn't lose him without a struggle: hisaloofness and indifference set a challenge which she could not resist.
    • 2004,Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 6, inThe Line of Beauty [], London:Picador,→ISBN:
      Where was he now? Nick was still in the alien high reach of the road, with the canal and the council estates, and longing for the other end, his own end, the safety andaloofness of white stucco and private gardens.

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the state of being aloof
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