US /riːˈmoʊtnəs/
noun Freq #70339

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The quality of being remote.

    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
    noun

    a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

  3. 3
    noun

    the property of being remote

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · a disposition to be distant... aloofness
3 noun · the property of being remote farawaynessfarness

Etymology

From remote + -ness.

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