Definition of "standoffishness" []

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

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• "That standoffishness is what gives structure to everything we see in the universe."
• "New York "standoffishness" isn't impoliteness - it's actually people being polite and recongnizing everone else's bubbles of privacy."
• "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."