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REMOTENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
Synonyms:
aloofness; remoteness; standoffishness; withdrawnness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("remoteness" is a kind of...):
unsociability; unsociableness (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remoteness"):
unapproachability (a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being remote
Synonyms:
farawayness; farness; remoteness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("remoteness" is a kind of...):
distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remoteness"):
far cry (distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry)
Derivation:
remote (inaccessible and sparsely populated)
remote (located far away spatially)
remote (separate or apart in time)
remote (very unlikely)
