aloofness

2 definitions found

aloofness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aloofness \A*loof"ness\, n.
     State of being aloof. --Rogers (1642).
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. --Thoreau.
     [1913 Webster] Alopecy

aloofness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aloofness
      n 1: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
           [syn: distance, aloofness]
      2: a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner [syn:
         aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness,
         withdrawnness]