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

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standoffishness

Source Word

standoffishness

uncountable

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

Japanese Meaning

そっけなさ / よそよそしさ / 冷淡さ / 距離を置く態度

Her standoffishness made it difficult for coworkers to approach her during team events.

彼女のよそよそしい態度のため、チームのイベントで同僚が近づきにくかった。

Sense（1）

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

Many of the seemingly bizarre courtship practices of English males—the cautiousness, reserve and apparent stand-offishness that foreign females complain about—are characteristic features of ‘negative politness’.