standoffishness

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noun The state, quality, or condition of being standoffish or aloof and unsociable; aloofness.

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That standoffishness is what gives structure to everything we see in the universe.

Archive 2004-01-01 M-mv 2004
That standoffishness is what gives structure to everything we see in the universe.

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That standoffishness is what gives structure to everything we see in the universe.

01.04 M-mv 2004
That standoffishness is what gives structure to everything we see in the universe.

01.04 M-mv 2004
That standoffishness is what gives structure to everything we see in the universe.

It's a matter of potential. M-mv 2004
New York "standoffishness" isn't impoliteness - it's actually people being polite and recongnizing everone else's bubbles of privacy.

urban test 2006
New York "standoffishness" isn't impoliteness - it's actually people being polite and recongnizing everone else's bubbles of privacy.

urban test 2006
Or, my hunch, maybe the center, some of whose members have expressed a certain antipathy or standoffishness toward the tea party, simply doesn't care that it feels a certain antipathy or standoffishness.

A Little Lady Predicts a Big Win Peggy Noonan 2010
Our standoffishness becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy: The less we do to aid the protestors, the less influence we have.

Obama's failure of imagination Jennifer Rubin 2011
As the fall elections approach, however, that standoffishness is melting into something else: a resigned embrace.

A GOP–Tea Party Hug in Washington, D.C. 2010