aloofnessn.
/əˈluːfnəs/, U.S. /əˈlufnəs/ The state or quality of being aloof.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > detachment or non-participation
distance1609
aloofness1639
distantness1731
non-participation1832
detachment1862
awayness1936
the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun]
carelessness1561
neutrality1561
indifferency1608
perfunctoriness1626
indifference1660
unconcernment1660
slightiness1662
unconcernedness1675
nonchalance1678
upsitting1680
equilibrium1685
inconcernedness1688
unconcernness1700
unconcern1711
indifferentness1727
Laodiceanism1774
facility1791
insouciance1799
aloofness1817
don't-carishness1821
pococurantism1823
don't-careism1834
don't-care-a-damnativeness1841
nonchalantness1878
casualness1882
disinterest1889
noncurance1904
uncaringness1930
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability
strangenessc1386
unhomelinessc1440
fremdnessa1500
coldness1557
coolnessa1586
self-guarda1586
diskindness1596
formality1599
reservedness1606
inaffability1611
restrainta1616
unconess1637
chillness1639
froideur1645
distance1660
starchedness1670
buckram1682
starchness?1693
starch1694
reserve1711
stiffness1717
unapproachableness1727
retirement1803
angularity1824
standoffishness1826
distancy1836
chill1837
starchiness1844
unapproachability1846
hedgehogginess1858
standoff1865
offishness1867
aloofness1878
pokerishness1880
untouchableness1909
untouchability1919
stuffiness1926
1639 J. Gore Man for Heaven 9 All for our aversenesse, and aloofenesse in this kind.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 242 Aloofenesse and carrying of things afarre off.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 153 The alienation, and, if I may hazard such an expression, the utter aloofness of the poet's own feelings.
1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 59 The wary independence and aloofness of his dim forest life.
1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 420 Christian and mediæval subjects are treated with the same aloofness, the same hauteur.
1908 E. F. Benson Climber 79 From her aloofness, Brayton concluded..that the impression he had made was an unfortunate one.
1941 B. Miller Farewell Leicester Square vi. 118 He himself, once the first surprise of pleasure was over, was conscious of a growing aloofness.
1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Feb. 35/2 His social aloofness has fostered the impression that he is testy, arrogant and hard to get along with.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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