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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

the quality or state of being aloof, not friendly or forthcoming, cool and distant:

e.g. She was known for her distant aloofness.

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Similar Words

Apathy

Callosity

Command

Composure

Constraint

Continence

Control

Detachment

Discipline

Discretion

Distance

Hardness

Indifference

Inhibition

Mastery

Modesty

Phlegm

Possession

Repression

Reserve

Restraint

Reticence

Self-censorship

Self-command

Self-control

Self-denial

Self-discipline

Self-government

Self-mastery

Self-poise

Self-possession

Self-restraint

Silence

Stoicism

Suppression

Unconcern

Vacancy

Will

Willpower

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Opposite Words

Appetite

Ardor

Avidity

Belonging

Candor

Cathexis

Compassion

Disinhibition

Emotion

Empathy

Enthusiasm

Excitement

Familiarity

Fanaticism

Feeling

Fervor

Fire

Gratification

Hand-wringing

Heat

Histrionics

Hunger

Hysteria

Hysterics

Immoderacy

Impatience

Incontinence

Indulgence

Intemperance

Intensity

Intimacy

Lust

Melodrama

Mutuality

Overindulgence

Passion

Pity

Self-abandonment

Self-indulgence

Sensibility

Sensitivity

Solicitude

Sympathy

Thirst

Unconstraint

Understanding

Vehemence

Violence

Warmth

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Related Words

Apathy

Complacence

Constraint

Continence

Discipline

Discretion

Disinterestedness

Disregard

Indifference

Inhibition

Insouciance

Nonchalance

Phlegm

Repression

Reserve

Restraint

Self-command

Self-control

Self-restraint

Suppression

Torpor

Unconcern

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