Remoteness

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being remote. countable, uncountable

    "Then again there was a period of what is sometimes called Euhemerism - the theory that the gods and goddesses had actually once been men and women, historical characters round whom a halo of romance and remoteness had gathered."

  2. 2
    a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner wordnet
  3. 3
    the property of being remote wordnet

Synonyms

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aloofnessaloofnessautismchillclearancecoldness

Example

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"Timbuktu's name has become a byword of remoteness."

Etymology

From remote + -ness.

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