withdrawnnessn.
/wɪðˈdrɔːnnəs/, U.S. /ˌwɪðˈdrɔ(n)nəs/, /ˌwɪθˈdrɔ(n)nəs/, /ˌwɪðˈdrɑ(n)nəs/, /ˌwɪθˈdrɑ(n)nəs/ Withdrawn or retired character.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > retiring or withdrawn disposition
withdrawingness1795
retiringness1801
oysterhood1854
shelliness1866
introversion1912
withdrawnness1927
1927 Public Opinion Feb. 102/1 He has the curiosity and interest of a young man and has none of the settled habits and introspection and withdrawnness of an old man.
1976 Classical Q. New Ser. 26 161 A more general characteristic of the Homeric style, the restrained objectivity and aristocratic withdrawnness.
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n.1927