WITHDRAWNNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("withdrawnness" is a kind of...):

unsociability; unsociableness (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "withdrawnness"):

unapproachability (a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible)

Derivation:

withdrawn (tending to reserve or introspection)

withdrawn (withdrawn from society; seeking solitude)