Many of the seemingly bizarre courtship practices of English males—the cautiousness, reserve and apparent stand-offishness that foreign females complain about—are characteristic features of ‘negative politeness’.
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Standoffishness
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Polish
1 entries- nietowarzyskość noun (unsociable)
Spanish
3 entries- frialdad noun (unsociable)
- hurañía noun (unsociable)
- reserva noun (unsociable)
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