Dictionary Definition
aloofness
Noun
1 indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional
distance" [syn: distance]
2 a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic
in manner [syn: remoteness, standoffishness,
withdrawnness]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Noun
- The state of being aloof
Quotations
- 1956 — Arthur C.
Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 49
- She wouldn't lose him without a struggle: his aloofness and indifference set a challenge which she could not resist.