aloofness

Etymology

From aloof + -ness.

noun

  1. The state of being aloof
    She wouldn't lose him without a struggle: his aloofness and indifference set a challenge which she could not resist. 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 49

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